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A. A visual arts panel shall be convened by the Civic Arts Commission as a temporary subcommittee of the Civic Arts Commission for each art in public places project. A different visual arts panel shall serve for each art in public places project and shall dissolve after placement of the work of art. The visual arts panel shall include three qualified consultants appointed by the Civic Arts Commission and, when appropriate as determined by the Civic Arts Commission, a representative of affected neighborhoods, the Civic Arts Commission, other appropriate City boards and commissions, and project architects. The duties of a visual arts panel with respect to specific art in public places projects shall be as follows:

1. To devise methods of selecting and commissioning artists with respect to the design, execution, and placement of specific art in public places projects, and pursuant to such methods, to advise the Civic Arts Commission on the selection and commissioning of artists for such projects;

2. To advise the Civic Arts Commission regarding the amounts to be spent on specific art in public places projects;

3. To advise and assist the Civic Arts Commission in obtaining financial assistance for art in public places projects from private, corporate, and governmental sources.

B. Notwithstanding subdivision A, for exhibits that change on a regular periodic basis, the functions of a visual arts panel shall be carried out by the Public Art Committee in consultation with a curator, and no visual arts panel shall be required. In such cases, the Committee’s choice of artworks shall be reported to the Civic Arts Commission at a meeting no less than two weeks prior to the planned installation date. (Ord. 7082-NS § 2, 2009: Ord. 5630-NS § 1 (part), 1985)