Seattle's 1 Percent for Art Program In 1973, Seattle passed a 1 Percent for Art ordinance, which sets aside 1 percent of capital-improvement-project funds for the commission, purchase, and installation of artworks in a variety of settings. The Seattle Arts Commission, renamed the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, advocated the program. Although Seattle was not the first city in the nation to pass such a law, it was one of the earliest, and its 1 percent program has been emulated by other cities across the nation. The Seattle Arts Commission was tasked with creating procedures for selecting art for municipal projects. A rule was put into place that at least 50 percent of the artists selected must be residents of Washington state. Today, the 1 Percent for Art program had paid for a collection of more than 400 permanently sited and integrated works and 3,200 portable works, valued at over $39 million. Reference: https://www.historylink.org/File/10645 https://seattlearts.emuseum.com/collections
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