year in review
The 2009 Year in Review Call for Projects is closed for submissions.
Up to 40 projects will be selected and presented at the Year in Review keynote presentation on Saturday, June 20, 2009, at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Seattle. The projects will also be included in the 2009 Year in Review CD, as well as the upcoming public art online image database being created in partnership with Westaf. Our 2009 curators are artists Janet Echelman and Mildred Howard.
Review projects selected in prior Year in Reviews and take advantage of discounts on previous Year in Review CDs in Americans for the Arts Store.
Program Background:
Since 2001, the Public Art Network’s Year in Review award has annually recognized outstanding public art projects through an open call submission and curation/selection process. Each year, two public art professionals are selected as curators to review more than 200 project applications of work installed or completed in the previous calendar year and select 40 public art projects that represent the most compelling work for the year from across the country. The Public Art Network’s Year in Review program is the only national award that specifically recognizes public art projects. The field is advanced by the commitment of artists to produce exceptional work, public art programs and administrators who facilitate public processes, and the two independent curators all of whom dedicate time and thoughtful detail. The Year in Review projects are available on CD for use in educational contexts and for public art advocacy.
2008 Year in Review projects list (PDF, 20KB)
2007 Year in Review projects list (PDF, 61KB)
2006 Year in Review projects list (PDF, 14KB)
2005 Year in Review
Curators, artist Donald Lipski and urban design and planning consultant Sherry Kafka Wagner. View the Year in Review online. (All presentations below require Flash multimedia player for the Internet. Download the player.)
2004 Year in Review
Curators, artist, Ellen Driscoll, and Glenn Harper, editor of Sculpture Magazine.
2003 Year in Review
Curators, writer, Patricia Phillips and art historian, Henry Sayre
2002 Year in Review
Curators, artist, Benito Huerta and writer, Nancy Princenthal
2001 Year in Review
Curators, Harriet F. Senie and Jack Becker
