Background Documents

The primary Background Document contains information needed for the campus deliberation on Public Art, including the role of the President's Public Art Committee and the criteria for selecting Public Art for the campus.

A Resource Document contains selected source materials relevant to the primary document as well as source materials available through University Libraries.

Current Campus Policies

Policy for the Artistic Properties Collection at Carnegie Mellon University.

Policy for Public Art at Carnegie Mellon University.

Current Campus Plan

Many discussions of Public Art involve discussions of site location. The Carnegie Mellon Campus Plan contains an overview of both present and future campus designs.

Public Art at Other Campuses

It is helpful to see what other universities are doing with Public Art.

Arizona State University (this site also contains a campus news article on maintaining public art on campus)

University of Michigan

Rochester Institute of
Technology