The Wellington City Art Collection Policy was drafted in 2005 and updates the 2001 Furnishings Art Collection Policy.
It provides a framework for Wellington City Council to develop and maintain a collection of art works, enriching Wellington's art sector and reach by exhibiting in Council buildings and facilities and loaning works nationally and internationally.
Wellington City Art Collections Policy (262KB PDF) | Text version (174KB RTF)
Contents
1. Aim of the Policy
2. Purpose of the Policy
3. Definitions
- 3.1 Visual artists
- 3.2 Emerging artists
- 3.3 Mid-career artists
- 3.4 Civic art collection
- 3.5 Art Collection Advisory Group
- 3.6 Art Collection Manager
- 3.7 Accession
- 3.8 Deaccession
4. Background to the collection
5. Description of the current civic art collection
6. Objectives of the Policy
7. How these objectives will be met
- The Collection
- Where will the collection be housed?
- Management of the collection
- Membership of Art Collection Advisory Group
- Status and reporting to Council
- Term
- Meetings
- Compensation
8. Acquisition of artworks
- Criteria for acquisitions, commissions or accepting of gifts
9. Deaccessioning or removal of works from the collection
- Loan of items from the collection
10. Conservation of the Collection
11. Storage of the Collection
12. Security of the Collection
13. Disaster Plan
14. Insurance of the Collection