Thursday, October 20, 2022

CiV - the Center for Architecture + Design

251 Riverside Drive, Memphis

11:30am : : Doors & Catering Open

12pm : : Program

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

$25 AIA/Partner Advance* ($35 reg.)

$200 AIA/Partner Table of 8 

$35 Public Advance* ($45 reg.)

$15 Student Advance* ($20 reg.)

* Advance Registration ends: October 18, 5pm

Please note that we have implemented a tiered cost approach (Advance & Regular registration levels) to aid in proper planning.

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UrbanArt Commission 

Lauren Kennedy, Executive Director

Lauren Kennedy will share more about the process of creating public art, highlighting the recent collaboration between UAC, UrbanArch and the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority on the gorgeous new B Concourse at the Memphis International Airport. shaping spaces: UrbanArt Commission (UAC) is a non-profit organization committed to creating opportunities for artists and neighborhoods to connect and shape spaces through public art. 

Founded in 1997, UAC worked to establish the percent-for-art program with the City of Memphis, which annually allocates a percentage of the City’s capital improvement funds to public art projects.

The ordinance was adopted in 2002, and since then UAC has contracted annually with the City to manage the program. UAC’s management includes recommending projects to pursue, identifying and contracting with artists ,and overseeing the ongoing care of the City’s public art collection. 

Annually through the percent-for-art program, UAC partners with artists and a variety of community stakeholders including neighborhood groups and municipal authorities to produce art works in a wide range of media. Since its founding, UAC has commissioned over 100 works of art that have been placed in neighborhoods around Memphis. 

Beyond the percent-for-art program, UAC manages and is a leading partner on City-led initiatives such as Blight Out, Memphis 3.0, and the District Mural Program. UAC also manages projects for both private developers and businesses to augment the investment being made in our public infrastructure and our artist community. Additionally, UAC provides professional development opportunities for artists in partnership with other arts groups in the city. 

UAC is committed to equity and inclusion and aims to partner with and involve women, people of color, LGBTQIA individuals, differently abled persons, and indigenous peoples across all of its projects and programs.