Orange County\u2019s public art program \u201c1% for Art\u201d ordinance<\/a>, which offers 1% of the total $49 million for public artistic development.\u00a0<\/p>\nA public art review board, comprising stakeholders, local artists, and industry professionals will select three to four finalists to be supported by a $1,500 stipend and settle on one artist to be awarded $145,000 for a final project submission.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orange County\u2019s public Animal Services art call commissioned\u00a0individual artists and teams for indoor and outdoor proposals, including murals, mosaics, and sculptures.\u00a0The two-story Orange County Animal Services facility is set to be built in 2027.<\/p>\n
Orange County Public Art Coordinator Dawn Knight said, \u201cArtists are very often asked to work for free, and we believe that\u2019s not right. So we want to compensate them. The amount of compensation is attached to the size of the budget. But it gives them some payment for their time in developing the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Orange County public art call includes a stipend for chosen finalist proposals, while also ensuring high-quality and site-specific proposals are received.<\/p>\n
Administrator for the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Vicki Landon said, \u201cThat 1% budget set aside for taking something from being good to being great is really important.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd there\u2019s lots of focus on public art and there on growing public art. You know, as they say, never too much art, right? We can never have too much public art in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Damon DeWitt is a Central Florida artist and presented his \u201cDream Team\u201d exhibition at the Orange County Administration Building, a series of life-sized portraits of 1992 basketball stars backed by local support.<\/p>\n
DeWitt said he met Landon and Knight and got connected with Orange County, and is an example of the county supporting artists.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t assume that just because you might be young or you might not have a lot of experience that you can go out there and submit. You know, people want to help artists; people want to support artists,\u201d DeWitt said. \u201cI\u2019m an artist, and they see value in what I do, and I definitely need them to survive, so this is it means just about everything, all right.\u201d<\/p>\n
By March 2026, Orange County public arts will have a proposal review meeting where finalists for Orange County\u2019s Animal Services facility will be announced to present their work.<\/p>\n
Orange County\u2019s next public art call is the \u2018Sculpture on the Lawn\u2019 series, and is expected to open for submission in late February 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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