City of Boynton Beach
Art in Public Places
Enriching our Community through Public Art 

Mission statement
The Art in Public Places Program is dedicated to creating a stimulating cultural environment that reflects and enhances the City’s heritage, diversity, and character. The Public Artwork will vitalize, stimulate and focus on cultural interaction, amenities, education, business growth and economic development. The public artwork will be integrated into the architecture, infrastructure, landscape and green ways of the city. The Art in Public Places program will contribute to a communal sense of civic ownership and pride, making Boynton Beach "A premier City in Florida in which to live, work and visit."

The Arts Commission is the advisory board on matters pertaining to Visual Art.  The Arts Commission was appointed in April 2004. The Arts Commission researched, created and developed the Art in Public Places program. 

Administration

The Public Art Administrator develops, coordinates and manages the City's Art in Public Places Program.

The City Commission adopted the Public Art ordinance on October 5, 2005.  Details of the ordinance can be read by opening this file:

Art in Public Places Ordinance Amendment 07-002

Download Art in Public Places Application Form (.pdf)

Art in Public Places Visioning Plan

Public Art historically has changed in form and function. While we still produce iconic public art the industry is moving towards integrated art that has a specific purpose and function. Today public art more often serves the community for its identity, in place making and site mitigation. Public artists build infrastructure to create sites that invite public interaction. These sites have more meaning and are often iconic to place making. Public art practices such as EcoArt not only educate and demonstrate but functionally alter our environment through best green practices. Public artists are engaged to contribute their problem solving skills and artistic expression with multi disciplinary development teams to create projects that are extraordinary. Just as the Public Art industry has progressed so will the City of Boynton Beach Art in Public Places program. The Arts Commission has been working on an Art in Public Places Visioning Plan for two years. This document provides a summary of this plan, its purpose and process.

The Arts Commission has a master plan that defines the guidelines and recommendations to operate the Art in Public Places program. Public Art Ordinance 07-002 outlines the process, defines the program and it’s 1% funding source. The Arts Commission adopted a mission statement and has established an Art in Public Places Program since its inception in 2005. 

Arts Commission Visioning Plan

The visioning plan is the component of the Master Plan.  It defines how Public Art can provide an image for the City; highlighting it’s varying characteristics, historical significance and cultural diversity.  The visioning plan provides a visual map for the Art in Public Places Program mission statement.

August 26, 2010 the Art in Public Places Visioning Plan was presented to the public and City and Community stakeholders.  The Visioning plan summary document includes written comments and feedback from some of those individuals that attended the presentation.  A Quicktime movie of the presentation is available of the visual presentation as well.

Download Visioning Plan 10-5-2010 (.pdf)

October 5, 2010 the City Commission officially adopted the Art in Public Places Visioning Plan. Implementation for this plan will commence.