The review of the Code of Practice for Public Art has involved years of development and rigorous consultation with NAVA members and industry stakeholders. Publicart Works edited and reviewed the document considering the wide and numerous responses and expectations from members.
The document is understood as an educational resource to encourage good practice, with the aim of informing a broader conversation about National Standards.
It also aims to clarify and develop the artists skill set in meeting the requirements of the construction and other highly regulated industries. Public artists have distinctively different requirements and responsibilities to other arts practitioners. The capabilities required are outlined and include obligations to their public audience sometimes stretching over the life of an artwork, the requirement to collaborate with a range of players and stakeholders, to create to a brief, and to build to a budget. It is also designed as a reference document providing commissioning authorities with best practices in an industry which has historically been unregulated. Our strongest code is the 2000 Moral Rights legislation –protecting artist’s intellectual property (LINK)- NAVA endeavours to shape these guidelines to assist local councils, private developers and government delivery bodies (eg TfNSW, Landcom, State Health/ hospitals) and construction companies in charge of the delivery of art in both public and private buildings.