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Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, 10 E. Baltimore St., 10th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202

Public Art enhances the cityscape, quality of life and artistic and creative climate in Baltimore. It often encourages civic pride, provides opportunities for enrichment and sometimes sparks cultured debate. Public Art also supports our city's artists and promotes an awareness of the visual arts in the public environment.

Baltimore was the second city in the country to pass a 1% for Art law in 1964. The Percent-for-Art model requires that the City allocate 1% of all Capital construction costs to go towards public artwork. This model, is a common form of funding public art programs across the United States. In 2007, Baltimore renewed it’s commitment to the Public Art program by updating its ordinance to require “at least 1% of eligible funds be used for the selection, acquisition, commissioning, fabrication, placement, installation, display and maintenance of public fine artwork; and the establishment of a nine member Public Art Commission.

As the city's arts council, the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts works with all City Agencies and the City’s Capital Budgeting Process to administer to the Percent- for- Public Art Program and staff the Public Art Commission.

Follow these links to the Percent-for-Art section of the City Code and the City's Public Art Guidelines.



