Recommended Art Sites The following sites, shown on the Landscape Master Plan, are listed in order of priority. • Central Fountain • Visitor’s Center, Martin Hall • Fine Arts Garden-Temporary Displays* • Founders’ Quadrangle* • 26th Street Mall, West End • University Green • West Park • Health Science Education Complex • Cope Stadium Entrance * Artwork may be a genre other than sculpture.
ed that the newly established ARC would evaluate the current exiting Public Art on campus utilizing the newly established standardized guidelines and criteria for such evaluation. This ARC process should also include relocation of some existing works to better locations and also may require the removal/de-accessioning of some individual works. E. Pathways Pathways can organize a campus and the way people use it. Their layout, width, pavement type, and edge conditions all pro- vide clues to their function in the larger landscape. A hierarchy of pathways will reinforce that organization, breaking down campus circulation routes into discernable levels of use and importance. At the same time, moving through campus should be an exciting experience and the careful implementation of a hierarchy of walkways with engaging alignments, interesting spaces, strong visual icons, complementary planting, convenient furnishings, and attractive special use areas will achieve that goal. This plan implements a hierarchal system for pathways using a mixture of new and existing routes. Alignments and widths of existing walkways are sometimes proposed to be altered to better fit into the proposed system. The pathway hier- archy includes: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Multi-Use types. Each type plays a different role in providing access to the University’s resources and responding to adjacent uses.
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Art Location - Site Diagram
Each of these recommended sites/locations will require different and sometimes complex solutions in visual expression, scale, material and medium. For example, the Central Fountain may require a new design that can be experienced all four seasons of the year or Founders Quadrangle could be turned into a greater visual asset and unique landmark for UNK with a light enhance- ment by a sculptor who works in the medium of light. The Fine Arts Garden space could be energized with temporary displays of visiting artists or special exhibition programs of Public Art Programming by the Art Department.
Pathway - Site Diagram
Primary pathways are central civic corridors that connect the most significant destinations within the campus landscape. These routes are wide, they have formal alignments, interesting paving, long vistas, focal points for reference, public art, shade trees, a variety of pause points, and when possible, community connections. Primary campus pathways include the 26th Street Mall, the UNK Boulevard from the Nebraskan to Ryan Library, Coliseum Way, and Main Street from the Cushing Coliseum to the West Park oval. These walkways are designed for heavy pedestrian use, often coincide with underground utility corridors, and provide bicycle, skateboard, and maintenance vehicle access. Secondary pathways are important circulation routes, connecting primary spaces and pathways as well as building entrances, multi-use pathways, and tertiary pathways. They are of medium width and length and are often lined with trees. These walk- ways are designed for a medium level of pedestrian use but also provide bicycle, skateboard, and maintenance vehicle access. Tertiary pathways are narrow walks that access a single location. They connect buildings and destination spaces to primary, secondary, and/or multi-use pathways. These walks are designed for relatively light use, no vehicular traffic, and embody a more intimate scale than the other pathways.
These current recommended sites must be flexible depending on new campus construction and/or donations of Public Art that may require specific or special site requirements for proper installation.
Percent for Art / UNK, Donations & Memorials The Percent for Art Program at UNK, which has commissioned or acquired most of the existing public art on campus, has been uneven in quality in addition to mixed results in their placement. The newly established ARC procedures should improve the results and quality of the percent for art acquisitions. The Percent for Art program should provide additional opportunities to engage participation of patrons and donors by leveraging their matching funds for individual Percent for art projects. Donations of Public Art should be an important aspect of the development of UNK’s Public Art Collection. These gifts/donations should maintain consistency and the same high standards applied to purchases of works of art for the Public Art Collection. Creating memorial statues seem to have been handled differently than “fine art” acquisitions because of their subjective emotional and complexities, however such memorials should be evaluated by the same ARC processes and procedures. It is also recommend-
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