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Title: Public Art In Kansas City
Description: Fold-out brochure which gives the names and locations of works of art commissioned by the Municipal Art Commission and the One-Percent-For-Art Program in the last ten years. Also includes a map giving the location of the art.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Municipal Art Commission Seeks Proposals from Professional Artists
Description: Proposals for "works of art for seven of the city's newest fire stations."
Date: 1980-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Arts World Mourns a Champion
Description: Richard Nadeau who died August 5, 2010, "is remembered as 'a crazy, eccentric, wonderful fighter' for real art." Article includes a picture of Nadeau and one of the many artworks given to the Spencer Museum of Art by Nadeau, a 1983 watercolor by Janice Atkins, called "Self-Portrait in a T.V. Set #1." Nadeau was a former Municipal Art Commissioner, a "member of the Nelson's Society of Fellows for more than 20 years, and a major supporter of the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, where he served on the advisory board."
Date: 2010-08-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bring on the Lightning
Description: Article discusses public perceptions of art in response to Kansas City's "One Percent for Art" Program. The program commissions artists for public art in Kansas City.
Date: 2005-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Where Did the Cool Stuff at KCI Come From?
Description: Article describing public art at Kansas City International Airport funded through the One Percent for Art program of Kansas City, Missouri. One Percent projects at KCI include the blue terrazzo floors, "Polarities," designed by Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel of New York City, and several sculptures in the stair towers of the airport's terminal garages.
Date: 2005-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Art in the Loop Unveils First Project - Uplifted Arms
Description: The Art in the Loop Project, "a partnership of Downtown Council of Kansas City, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Kansas City Art Institute and Kansas City Municipal Art Commission" has unveiled its first project. Uplifted Arms by Davin Watne and Dylan Mortimer "includes 16 life-sized aluminium figures inspired by Metro riders". The project is situated at the downtown transit mall, 10th and Main.
Date: 2005-12-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Art Subjectivity Can Sculpt Misunderstanding
Description: In "The Watchdog" column is featured some of the large sculpture pieces on the grounds of Kansas City International Airport. These pieces known as "Three Figures/Fifteen Elements" by artist Joel Shapiro have been in a median at the airport for over 10 years. They are part of the One Percent for Art Program. They are not depictions of baseball players as one person wrote but rather depict motionless to motion.
Date: 2006-07-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Water Plaza For Bartle
Description: The City Council agreed to a $1 million city contract for new public art at the Bartle Hall ballroom expansion. A Japanese-American artist named Jun Kaneko was awarded the contract. His concept includes sculptural pots on a striped outdoor plaza. This is part of the city's One Percent for Art program. The winner, Mr. Kaneko, who lives in Omaha, was selected from among 156 artists and seven finalists. The two council members who voted against this selection were Bill Skaggs and Bonnie Sue Cooper.
Date: 2006-08-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: How KC Gets Its Public Art
Description: This piece in the "As I See It" column tells about the Municipal Art Commission and the One Percent for Art program. The One Percent program started in 1986 and requires that 1 percent of the cost of the construction, reconstruction or remodeling of any municipal building be set aside for public art. Mentioned is the art at KCI proposed by Alice Aycock. "The Municipal Art Commission was established in the City Charter in 1926."
Date: 2005-04-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Statues and Sky Stations
Description: Article profiles Kansas City, Missouri's "One Percent for Art" program, which sets aside 1 percent of "the engineer's estimate of the cost of constructing or remodeling any municipal building" for "aesthetic ornamentation or adornemnt of such building." Includes a step-by-step diagram of how art projects are commissioned by the city, and a timeline of the history of the program.
Date: 2005-08-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sebree Galleries
Description: Partial view of the Sebree Galleries, located at 301 E. 55th Street. Curry Miles, of Frashier-Miles Architects, Inc., received an award for the design of this building.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Residence at 4320 Rockhill Road
Description: Home awarded for outstanding residential landscaping, located at 4320 Rockhill Road. Dan Bowman was named as the owner of the home and designer receiving the award.
Date: 1980
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Feline Exhibit
Description: Partial view of the feline exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo. Architects Linscott, Haylett & Associates were awarded for innovation in their design of this complex.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Water Tower
Description: View of Kansas City, Missouri water tower, located north of the Missouri River. Designer John B. Martin received an award for the imaginative, colorful graphics on this water tower.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hills of Walden Townhouses
Description: Townhouse development known as the Hills of Walden, located at 58th Street and Northwood Road. Nearing and Staats are credited as architects receiving a design award for "thoughtful understanding of urban life."
Date: 1978
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Park Row Houses
Description: Row houses in the Union Hill area, 29th and Main streets. Duncan Architects, Inc. received an award for its work in the renovation of these buildings.
Date: 1986
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flower Stall
Description: Full view of a man standing near a flower stall at an unidentified location in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. This stall and others, owned by Downtown, Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri, received an award for being multi-colored, bright, cheerful and well designed additions to the urban core.
Date: 1978
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Linden Hill Townhouses
Description: View of townhouses in the Linden Hill residential district, located at 96th Street and Lydia Avenue. Linscott, Haylett & Associates received an award for excellence in their design of these buildings.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Russell Baker Residence
Description: Residence of Russell Baker, located at 1020 W. 57th St. Terrace. Architects Monroe and Lefebvre received an award for remodeling, landscaping and painting the home.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Garfield Rehabilitation Area
Description: View of one side of Garfield Avenue, north of Independence Avenue. Individual homeowners and the Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City, Missouri received awards for refurbishing and landscaping these homes.
Date: 1968
Object Type: Photograph

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