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The Reputations project was a development phase Public Art and Social Interaction Programme based in Castlemilk. It was a project designed to set precedents in multi-agency working with artists of local, national and international calibre. The programme included commissioned temporary and permanent public artworks, public interaction and training programmes for artists and communities. The training programmes addressed notions of citizenship and identity within the premise of social inclusion. The Reputations Programme was intent on placing equal value on process, participation and product in the creation of new public art. A key aim of Reputations was to explore the impact of the role of the artist in wider terms than the physical environment but demonstrate how artists can work in different contexts whilst improving the social environment.

See also: Archive: Reputations

Artists

Funding

SAC Award amount

£27,405.00

Project total cost

£43,500.00

Funding purpose

Towards the development of a commission plan for the project “Reputations: A Public Art Programme of Social and Environmental Interaction from Castlemilk”.

(Please note dates and details correct at time of award.)

Consultation & Commissioning Process

The Reputations project was very deliberate in its strategies to involve the local communities in the development of this project. Community consultation was a component of the artist’s briefs supporting the principles of socially engaged art practice.

The commissioning process was led by public art consultants, Bowman & Bradley and used a combination of open and invited competition with direct invitation of known artists.

Outcomes

Commission Plan titled “Reputations: A Public Art Programme of Social and Environmental Interaction from Castlemilk”, compliled and written for the Castlemilk Environment Trust, Glasgow, by Bowman & Bradley Public Art Consultants (2001).