The Maine Arts Commission provides public art tools and information on an array of public art topics to assist artists and organizations.

The materials below serve as a starting point for artists and organizers when planning public art projects across Maine. It is a living document that we commit to reviewing and updating regularly. This ensures that it remains responsive to artists’ evolving needs and reflects the dynamic nature of public art practices over time.

How to Do Creative Placemaking: An Action-Oriented Guide to Arts in Community Development.
 
The book is intended as a primer for those interested in bringing the arts to the community development table as a tool—along with housing, transportation, public health, and other sectors—to advance revitalization efforts in an authentic way.

• Public Art Resource Center
• Public Art 101
• National Public Art Network

NASAA has several resources for learning more about percent for art policies.

This toolkit has resources for best practices, planning, community engagement, funding, launching, installing, and amplifying your art and placemaking activities.

An online searchable database of public art installed in collections across the United States.

An open and transparent network for artists, administrators, and others interested or involved in the public art field.

The Maine Arts Commission offers several funding opportunities related to art in public spaces and artists’ projects:

• Arts & Humanities Grant
• Artist Project Grant
• Artist Springboard Grant
• Creative Communities Grant