Creative City Network of Canada
The Public Art Toolkit is
a project of the Creative
City Network of Canada
and has been generously
supported by
Published 2010
© Creative City Network of Canada and the authors
Layout and Design: John McLachlan
The Creative City Network of Canada/Reseau des ville du
Canada (CCNC) is a national non-profit organization that
operates as a knowledge-sharing, research, public education,
and professional development resource in the field of local
cultural policy, planning and practice.
Through its work, the Creative City Network helps build the
capacity of local cultural planning professionals—and by
extension local governments—to nurture and support cultural
development in their communities.
By doing so, the Creative City Network aims to improve the
operating climate and conditions for artists and arts and
cultural organizations across the country, and the quality of
life in Canadian communities of all sizes.
The members of the Creative City Network are local
governments across Canada.
For more information, contact
Creative City Network of Canada
#415 – 402 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC, V6B 1T6 Canada
info@creativecity.ca
creativecity.ca
604-688-2489
Cover Image: Matsuoka, Satoshi & Tamura, Yuki, Balloons Caught, 2005
(Photo: Gavin Mackenzie)
Author Biographies
BARBARA COLE
Barbara Cole is an artist,
independent curator, educator,
project manager, and curatorial
consultant in public art. As the
Principal of Cole Projects, she has
developed and overseen curatorially
rigourous artist selection processes,
assisted artists through all phases
of their artwork production and
designed innovative public art
plans for government agencies,
private development clients and
non-profit societies. In recent years,
she has specialized in developing
frameworks to support changing
programs of public art including the
South Hill Public Art Program—a
series of projects implemented
through a...