Bristol City Council (BCC) announced a new web site for Bristol’s public art programme. Art and the Public Realm Bristol www.aprb.co.uk has been developed to mark the 10th anniversary of the Bristol’s Public Art Policy and to provide a showcase for the city’s public art programme, events, talks and associated projects.

This dedicated online resource is free of charge and was launched in June 2011 as part of a conference on the future of public art organised by the UK public art think tank Ixia.

Art and the Public Realm Bristol provides a comprehensive overview of the projects realised through the city’s (percent for art) PFA system, artwork locations, audio recordings of artists’ talks staged at the Arnolfini as part of BCC’s dedicated Lecture Series, and information on the BCC Public Art Policy and Strategy. The site also provides information on major public artworks carried out as part of developments in the city, and by curators and commissioners including Situations, Picture This, Arnolfini, Plan 9, Foreground, Spike Island and many others.

http://www.aprb.co.uk/