UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI TAKES
PERCENT FOR ART TO NEW LEVEL

Belief by Terry Allen, on the University of Cincinnati campus, was funded by the Ohio Percent for Art program.

Belief by Terry Allen, on the University of Cincinnati campus, was funded by the Ohio Percent for Art program.

PRESIDENT BUSH SELECTS NEXT 
NEA CHAIR

President George W. Bush has nominated Michael P. Hammond, dean of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, Texas, as the next chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

A composer and conductor, Hammond was the founding dean of music for the new arts campus of the State University of New York at Purchase and later served as president of the college. Hammond also was the director of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee and associate conductor of the American Symphony with Leopold Stokowski.

"I am deeply honored by President Bush's confidence in me," Hammond said. "The National Endowment for the Arts is an increasingly important agency. The arts can help heal our country and be a source of pride and comfort."

In 1990, the Ohio Legislature established the Ohio Percent for Art Program. The law provides funds for the acquisition, commissioning and installation of works of art for new or renovated public buildings with state appropriations of more than $4 million.

The program has brought public art to Ohiošs major cities and small communities. For 11 years the Ohio Percent for Art program has not only used public funds to help enhance public buildings and support Ohio artists and craftspeople, it has encouraged organizations and communities to use private funds to do the same.

With seven Percent for Art pieces completed and another in the works, the University of Cincinnati recognizes the value of public art on campus. In addition to appropriations through the Ohio Percent for Art program, the university also allows one percent of local funds for projects to go toward public artwork. "Our board of trustees and the president stand solidly behind this commitment, and we hope to become a showcase of art as a result," said Dale McGirr, vice president of finance.

According to the University of Cincinnati Master Plan the campus environment should contribute to the total educational (continued)


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