Civic Engagement | Carolyn Speranza

PGH4ART Team Portrait

October 1, 2014 — Carolyn Speranza

PGH4ART Team photographed by Jenny Jean Photography

The PGH4ART team: Brian Brown, Dave Ninehouser, Kat Gregor, Justin Shao, Reyghan Pierce, Roxanne Banks Williams, Marvin Williams, Erin Gill Ninehouser and Carolyn Speranza. Absent: Kerry Lee Hinkson and Lee Salih. Photo by Jenny Jean Crawford

Posted in Civic Engagement, PGH4ART Campaign, Public Art, Social Practice. Tags: Brian Brown, Carolyn Speranza, Dave Ninehouser, Erin Gill Ninehouser, Jenny Jean Crawford, Justin Shao, Kat Gregor, Kerry Lee Hinkson, Lee Salih, Marvin Williams, Roxanne Banks Williams. Comments Off

PGH4ART Twitter “Bombing”

October 1, 2014 — Carolyn Speranza

Featured in a national news story on Percent for Art programs!

"…we are a community where the LAW APPLIES EQUALLY TO ALL" #AFTACON #localpolitics @PGH4ART http://t.co/0onBN8294S pic.twitter.com/N8pKFrAwIV

— Hill Consensus (@HillConsensus) June 12, 2014

@gastilworks, @billpeduto: Local public art makes a difference! http://t.co/8srjFEONKl #AFTACON #localpolitics pic.twitter.com/iLl38mMubV

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 12, 2014

"ENFORCE THE LAW… what's so hard about that?" #AFTACON #localpolitics @pgh4art http://t.co/dsoh2uu1p3 pic.twitter.com/K7pVj8wNkL

— Hill Consensus (@HillConsensus) June 13, 2014

The ARTS creates this sense of AH to ones MIND, BODY, & SPIRIT! #PGH @Americans4Arts #AFTACON http://t.co/IUjwP4YA5T pic.twitter.com/oZpoHaQ7jF

— Brian Brown (@BrianSBrownJr) June 13, 2014

If Chicago can enforce their % for Art Law, why can't #PGH ? #AFTACON @Americans4Arts http://t.co/4lz6J58fAo pic.twitter.com/mvTnSf7Vxv

— Brian Brown (@BrianSBrownJr) June 13, 2014

"The one per cent ordinance has been on the city's books for many years…" #AFTACON @PGH4ART http://t.co/NP7Lo6Zupv pic.twitter.com/w5gnOhmhX9

— Hill Consensus (@HillConsensus) June 14, 2014

@createquity Lets DREAM together when artwork animates public spaces throughout #pgh! #AFTACON #localpolitics pic.twitter.com/PlCTsqt36y

— Brian Brown (@BrianSBrownJr) June 12, 2014

Public art increases property values. http://t.co/cCvj2x77zF #aftacon #artstimulus #localpolitics #pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/zcKVWAiQ1r

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 12, 2014

Public art: innovation and investment!. #aftacon #artcommunity #pittsburgh http://t.co/XImxZXOVh3 pic.twitter.com/6Zn9h5a0IA

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 13, 2014

Art makes a difference for our well-being. http://t.co/fUDbZl2j2e #aftacon #artistscore #pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/vXuL7hc5uf

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 13, 2014

Art is awe-inspiring! #aftacon #publicart #pittsburgh http://t.co/XImxZXOVh3 pic.twitter.com/n3arA340PT

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 13, 2014

Art is essential to local communities! #artscommunity #aftacon #pittsburgh http://t.co/joMxgUcPuT pic.twitter.com/tVcAUexI9x

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 14, 2014

Public art enhances every community! #aftacon #artsplans #pittsburgh http://t.co/Wfl3D9VLBN pic.twitter.com/HJq9vFlGAB

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 13, 2014

Art is for everyone! #faviannarod #aftacon http://t.co/m4qckX6yMz pic.twitter.com/UxI9ivAoeQ

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 14, 2014

Public art makes each city unique! #powerofart #aftacon #pittsburgh http://t.co/uWAHSxE56n pic.twitter.com/iijU4CvQur

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 14, 2014

Public art leads to innovation! #districts #aftacon #pittsburgh http://t.co/znoSjHRFG0 pic.twitter.com/ndKgewMGbU

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 14, 2014

All Eyes on Art! #whatyouretaking #aftacon http://t.co/znoSjHRFG0 pic.twitter.com/RZMNQGVi5o

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 14, 2014

All Eyes on Art! #equitableartsed #aftacon http://t.co/qNDBnMbgVM pic.twitter.com/QrLBs2Ut8n

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 14, 2014

Children’s futures are shaped by art! #whoseplace #aftacon http://t.co/FWxNID5PmD pic.twitter.com/ijkGBn1Ls5

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 14, 2014

"I am PROUD… I am SHOCKED… Where has this money gone?… the world is watching!" #AFTACON http://t.co/ZzkQek9e7w pic.twitter.com/92G3iwRMGx

— Hill Consensus (@HillConsensus) June 14, 2014

"Responsible government recognizes the ECONOMIC VALUE OF ART" #AFTACON #PGH @PGH4ART http://t.co/PRbjaxfUx4 pic.twitter.com/W6LyxyJigk

— Hill Consensus (@HillConsensus) June 14, 2014

Local art creates local jobs! #pARTnership #aftacon #pittsburgh http://t.co/I404jKjo9K pic.twitter.com/D2wR49nfpE

— Rebecca Altes (@pghbekka) June 14, 2014

Even the #PGH Police knows the ARTS makes a difference! #AFTACON @PGH4ART pic.twitter.com/7KXlFgNqbF

— Brian Brown (@BrianSBrownJr) June 14, 2014

From LA to Pittsburgh, cities across America have been ignoring their public art laws http://t.co/19EqNWEiUX @PGH4ART #aftacon

— Rachel Corbett (@RachelNCorbett) June 13, 2014

SIGN THE PETITION: implement and enforce a 1977 percent for art law! https://t.co/5cHZYxYjpA

— PGH4ART (@PGH4ART) October 14, 2014

Featured in a national news story on Percent for Art programs!

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“All Eyes on Art” and the PGH4ART Campaign

October 24, 2013 — Carolyn Speranza

With the slogan, All Eyes on Art, the PGH4ART team, an artist-led group of students, organizers, and activists called on city lawmakers to enforce Pittsburgh’s Percent for Art Law, which requires 1% of publicly-funded construction and renovation projects to be set aside for the creation of public art. It hasn’t been enforced since its inception in 1977. This letter to the editor at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette lays out the issue and its context in detail.

All Eyes on Art, Katz Plaza, Pittsburgh Pa, May 17, 2013 photographed by Tom Jefferson

All Eyes on Art, Katz Plaza, Pittsburgh Pa, May 17, 2013 photographed by Jenny Jean Crawford

In every election cycle we publicly debate on what is and is not working about our government. With candidates vying for our votes, we discuss the performance and methods of elected officials. The PGH4ART Team is using Pittsburgh’s mayoral election as a social space in which we can effectively bring All Eyes to a city law that has lain dormant since 1977. The Team is working with the Hill District Consensus Group, Fight Back Pittsburgh, and students from CAPA High School in support of the campaign. At the May 2013 demonstration at Katz Plaza, our street team collected signatures for the petition while our online organizers got the word out via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

“Art as part of the social landscape has a profound impact on communities,” said Shannon Pultz, the head of CAPA High School’s visual art department. “Study after study shows that the amount of art equals the amount of vibrancy of city life,” and sure enough mayoral candidate Bill Peduto and city council candidate, Dan Gilman, were in attendance at Katz Plaza. The All Eyes on Art event was discussed in a political rather than an art context in both the Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh City Paper. Heading into the November election, candidates for Pittsburgh Mayor and City Council answered in-depth questions about enforcement and implementation of the 1977 law. They have been published by the City Paper.

Thank you .@MoveOn for the campaign grant & acknowledging our leadership on the #pghpercent4artlaw. It started here: http://t.co/fqwSpJ294D — PGH4ART (@PGH4ART) November 4, 2013
Thanks @ReadyForHillary & @AdamParkhomenko for the follow! We are proud and pleased to have your attention. — PGH4ART (@PGH4ART) January 23, 2014
Acknowledged in @FightBackPGH‘s 2013 report as early campaign endorser! It IS a new kind of union. Read all about it http://t.co/dKNR3BYFIj — PGH4ART (@PGH4ART) February 5, 2014
From LA to Pittsburgh, cities across America have been ignoring their public art laws http://t.co/19EqNWEiUX @PGH4ART #aftacon — Rachel Corbett (@RachelNCorbett) June 13, 2014