West Palm Beach art chair: outlet mall’s “sails” not art | West Palm Beat

Requiring art as a percentage of cost of a project is a program that many cities adopted. West Palm Beach is one of those cities and I wouldn't be surprised that the Town of Jupiter is one too. Later today, I will post pictures of the new Harbourside Place project that I visited earlier this week. You will see many examples of public art placements there that stood out in their design and number. Click title for link to article. Commissioner Materio feels passionate about the issue.

The head of the city’s “Art in Public Places” committee hates the artwork the Palm Beach Outlet Mall is submitting to meet its requirements with the city.
“The project they are proposing is not art and is exactly the type of project that we as a committee have worked to avoid,” James Knox told commissioners at their  meeting on Monday. “This is a prime example of a proposal by a developer that is an attempt to skirt the ordinances in order to save money.”
What Knox was talking about was the overhead “sun sails” the mall installed to provide some coverage from sun and rain prior to its opening in February.
The city’s “art in public places” program requires developers, as part of city approval, to provide art, or cash, equal to 1 percent of the value of any construction or renovation project of at least $500,000.