Art committee for public places
The Art Committee for Public Places (ACPP) is a voluntary city-wide advisory group that provides expert community input on the City of Toronto public art policies, projects and procedures, giving guidance and advice from the earliest stages of public art projects proposed for City-owned lands and potential donations to the City. The artists, curators, architects, landscape architects, arts educators and City Councillors who comprise the ACPP are dedicated to promoting awareness and understanding of the importance of high-quality public art and encouraging development of the arts in Toronto.Members of the ACPP do not participate on any selection committees or juries for specific public art projects, proposals or commissions. The mandate of the ACPP is to:
- provide expert community input on the City of Toronto public art policies, projects and procedures, giving guidance and advice to City departments, agencies, sponsors, boards and commissions from the earliest stages of public art projects proposed for City-owned lands and potential donations to the City
- promote awareness and understanding of the importance of high-quality public art, soliciting input form the Arts community with regard to the establishment of Arts policies and encouraging development of the Arts in the City of Toronto
- provide advice to City staff on the management and promotion of the City of Toronto public art collection
- encourage the development of the Arts in the City of Toronto
Subcommittees of the ACPP meet quarterly to review proposals for temporary artist’s projects and permanent sculptural donations to the City of Toronto’s Public Art Collection. Click here to find out more about submitting proposals for temporary projects or permanent sculptural donations.