ART/CITY: Annee Knight

The Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley is sponsoring the symposium "ART/CITY" on March 16, 2012. Participants have been invited to respond to the prompt “in relation to the arts and civic life, the question I am wrestling with right now is…” in advance of the event. This guest posting is by Annee Knight, Exhibits Manager at the Charles M. Schulz Museum.

"In relation to the arts and civic life, the question I am wrestling with right now is..." is connections between city committees and city officials.  There is a disconnect between information channels, also raising awareness of the Public Art Committee’s role in the community at both city and citizen levels is necessary.  Also, I am interested in how the energy for interesting/innovative projects can be maintained once a program becomes mainstreamed…