Editing Public art (section)

=== Public process, public funding ===
[[Image:2004-09-07 1800x2400 chicago picasso.jpg|thumb|''[[Chicago Picasso]]'', designed 1962–1963, installed 1967]]
Public art is often characterized by community involvement and collaboration.<ref name="Jacob" /><ref name="Finklepearl" /><ref name="knight" /> Public artists and organizations often work in conjunction with architects, fabricators/construction workers, community residents and leaders, designers, funding organizations, and others.<ref name="parc-afa">{{cite web |last1=Gude |first1=Olivia |title=Public Art Resource Center: Intertwining Practices of Public Art and Arts Education |url=https://www.americansforthearts.org/sites/default/files/1.10%20AFTA_PublicArtEssay4_web.pdf |publisher=Americans for the Arts Public Arts Resource Center (PARC) |access-date=22 September 2020}}</ref>

Public art is often created in the context of formal "art in public places" programs that can include community arts education and art performance.<ref name="parc-afa" />  Such programs may be financed by government entities through [[Percent for art|Percent for Art]] initiatives.<ref name="Jacob" /><ref name="PA&PS">{{cite journal |last1=Fisher |first1=David J. |title=Public Art and Public Space |journal=Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal |date=1996 |volume=79 |issue=1/2 |pages=41–57 |jstor=41178737 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41178737 |access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref>