refers to a program, often a city ordinance, where some percentage of the project cost of large scale development projects is set aside in order to fund and install public art. The details of such programs vary from area-to-area. Similar programs, such as “art in public places”, attempt to achieve similar goals by requiring that public art be part of a project, yet they often allow developers to pay in-lieu fees to a public art fund as an alternative. Percent-for-art programs are used to fund public art where private or specialized funding of public art is unavailable.
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