Seeking to facilitate a “fair and consistent process” to determine whether to accept donations of public art, the Sandy Springs City Council has approved policies governing such gifts and for their display in parks and open spaces.
A proposed donation would be evaluated by ArtSandySprings, a local arts nonprofit, which would make a written recommendation whether the item is appropriate for the city. Criteria for evaluation would include project costs, quality, compatibility, public liability and duplication.
For memorial gifts, the person or event memorialized must be significant, and the person must have been deceased at least five years. The memorial would have to have timeless qualities, be appropriate for the proposed location and represent “broad community values.’
Formal requests to donate art would be made through the Recreation and Parks Department. The city identified two public art programs as official components of its art in public spaces policies: Sculpture in the Park, and the City Gallery.
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