Public artists and public art administrators are equally committed to creating work that is of artistic and civic worth, be it through site-specific commissions, design team, or planning projects. However, with 350 existing public art programs and more evolving, practices are emerging that hinder artists’ abilities to give administrators our most productive efforts. The authors of this letter provide commentary and recommendations that they believe will make the partnership between artists and administrators more effective and efficient, resulting in art works that are more evocative of time and place. They note, "We do not pretend to speak for all artists, indeed, many of the undersigned may not necessarily agree with all the points raised below. However, our collective experience has now taken a voice that we hope may speak to many concerns within our industry." (An Open Letter to Public Art Administrators 1) 

The authors of this letter provide commentary and recommendations that they believe will make the partnership between artists and administrators more effective and efficient, resulting in art works that are more evocative of time and place.