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DRAFT - 10 -26 -04 City of Eugene Art Acquisition (Donation) & Deaccessioning Policy The City of Eugene has established it's commitment to the Visual Arts through the Percent for Art Ordinance of 1981. The City continues to receive unsolicited proposals for the donation and purchase of public art to add to the City's Collection. The following policy for Accessioning (Donation) and Deaccessioning Art is a second component of a City of Eugene Arts Master Plan, which will establish a collection of the highest quality and the hope of acquiring art of historical significance. Works of art, for this purpose, are defined as all forms of original creations of visual art, including and not limited to: •Painting: all media, including both portable and permanently -affixed or integrated work such as murals. •Sculpture: in the round, bas - relief, high- relief, mobile, fountain, kinetic, electronic, etc., in any material or combination of materials. •Prints, clay, drawings, stained glass, mosaics, photography, fiber and textiles, wood, metal, plastics, and other materials or combination of materials, calligraphy, and mixed media, including collage. Accessions Procedure The term "accessions" includes gifts, purchase, bequest, exchanges and any other formal process or transaction by which legal title to a collection item is transferred to the City of Eugene. The City subscribes to a policy of selective acquisition. Because of limitations of staff, physical space, and finances it is neither feasible nor ethical for the City to collect indiscriminately. The City's policies and procedures are intended to build on and work with the existing Percent for Art Ordinance adopted in 1981 and the original Percent for Art Ordinance of the State of Oregon and are in keeping with The Visual Artist's Rights Act of 1990. They are guided by and based on the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and the Oregon Administrative Rules (chapter 571, division 51.), and modeled after the work of Cities with major collections (i.e. Chicago, Seattle, etc); along with the Regional Arts & Culture Council, and the American Museum Association. The Public Art Donations and Deaccessioning Advisory Committee. The Public Art Donations and Deaccessioning Advisory Committee (PADDAC) is the standing committee of the Public Art Program of the City of Eugene and works on behalf of the City Manager regarding the Visual Arts and the City's Art Collection. It is composed of 7 voting members, appointed for three -year staggered terms by the City Manager. Members include 3 permanent ex- officio members, 3 acknowledged arts professionals who are artists, architects, landscape architects, or individuals with considerable experience in the Visual Arts, and 1 ad hoc member.