people & projects

2013 PAN Year in Review

Call for Projects is now closed.

Thanks to everyone for their project submissions. You will be notified of selection by late June.

Selected projects will be compiled and available on CD-ROM in our Online Store and include a PowerPoint presentation, data and project list, and hundreds of project .jpegs that are an excellent advocacy and educational tool. To review prior project selections, please reference the Year in Review presentations below. For more questions about Year in Review, contact us at pan@artsusa.org.

About the Year in Review Program

Since 2000, the Public Art Network’s Year in Review has annually recognized outstanding public art projects through an open call submission and curation/selection process. Each year, two or more public art professionals are selected as curators to review more than 400 project applications of work installed or completed in the previous calendar year and select up to 50 public art projects that represent the most compelling work for the year from across the country. The Public Art Network’s Year in Review program is the only national program that specifically recognizes public art projects. The field is advanced by the commitment of artists to produce exceptional work, public art programs and administrators who facilitate public processes, and the curators all of whom dedicate time and thoughtful detail.

Looking for resources prior to 2006?

The Public Art Network has archived YIR resources dating back to 2000. Please contact us for more information.

Public Art Network Award

The Public Art Network (PAN) Award is given annually in recognition and honor of innovative and creative contributions and/or exemplary commitment and leadership in the field of public art. It can be given to either an individual, including an artist, administrator, volunteer, designer, or government official, or an organization, including an arts council, public arts program, or private or public entity. The PAN Award is not a project award. Please refer to the PAN Year in Review above for project recognitions. The awardee is selected by the PAN Council and the award is presented at the annual Public Art Network Preconference.

Honorees

• 2012 Mel Chin 
• 2011 Mary L. Beebe
• 2010 Judy Baca
• 2009 Buster Simpson
• 2008 Joan Adams Mondale
• 2007 Jack Becker and FORECAST Public Artworks
• 2006 Mark di Suvero
• 2005 Public Art Fund
• 2004 Jenny Holzer
• 2003 Harriet Traurig