The practice of public art [electronic book] / edited by Cameron Cartiere and Shelly Willis.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This exciting new collection of essays by practicing artists, curators, activists, art writers, administrators, city planners, and educators offers divergent perspectives on the numerous facets of the public art process. The volume also includes a useful graphic timeline of public art history.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword
• Section 1 Out of Theory
• Coming in from the Cold: a Public Art History
• New Genre Public Art a Decade Later
• 'Space, Place and Site in Critical Spatial Arts Practice'
• 'Public Art and the Contest of Democratic Space'
• 'Critical Spaces: Memorials and Reparations, Memories and Changes'
• Defining the Public in Public Art
• PLATFORM: Public Art as 'Slow Activism'
• Section 2 Into Practice
• Restructuring the System - Commissioning Public Art
• As Rich as Getting Lost in Venice: Sustaining a Career as a Public Artist Andrew Leicester, Buster Simpson, John Roloff, Agnes Denes
• Teaching public art practice USA
• Teaching public art practice UK
• Public Art for a Political Audience -- From Margin to Mainstream: Dyke Action Machine!
• The Sometimes Uneasy Relationship Between Public Art and Urban Design
• Supporting Temporary Public Art
• Thinking Like a Public Artist: Interviews & Manifestos --, Siah Armajani's, Group Material
• Section 3 Public Art History Timeline

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Cameron Cartiere is a lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London in the department of Arts Policy & Management. She has lectured extensively on public art issues and contemporary art practice and is the co-author of The Manifesto of Possibilities, a guide for the commissioning of public art in urban environments.

Shelly Willis is the Director of the City of Sacramento Public Art Program. She has managed public art projects and programs for more than 20 years.