FAQs

Objectives have been revised.

The objectives have been updated and consolidated to incorporate the City’s vision. 

1.0 Policy Statement 

Removal of reference to the Canning Arts Group.

Instances where the policy applies was revised to only apply to public art commissioned by the City of Canning.

The specific reference to the Canning Arts Group was removed to allow for broader associations that are not limited to one group.  The Canning Arts Group can still be engaged in public art where appropriate. 

With public art defined in the Policy, it would not typically apply to the City’s Art collection or Local History Collection as they do not fall under the definition.  The revised Policy differentiates between public art commissioned by the City and private development which is covered by LP 03.  

2.0 Glossary 

Definition of public art has been modified using the definition from the Department of Culture and the Arts, Public Art Commissioning Guidelines.

Temporary public art and ephemeral art have been removed. 

The definitions have been limited to defining what public art and a professional artist are in line with industry standards.    The full lifecycle including maintenance and deaccession of public art are included in the Guidelines.

The Guidelines provide further guidance on types of art including temporary public art and ephemeral art.

3.0 Acquisitions provisions have been modified.

The acquisitions criteria have been updated to align more closely to the LP 03.  However, they still cover the provisions in the 2009 version of CM183.    Further details on commissioning artwork are covered in the Guidelines. 

4.0 Access section has been removed.

Accessibility has been covered in the Acquisition section and the definition of public art. Accessibility is inherent in art being public.

Section 5.0 Donations, 6.0 Loans and 7.0 Deaccessioning and disposal were significantly reduced or removed.

Further details of these matters are in the Guidelines as they are more operational/procedural in nature.