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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Department of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with BOOM Concepts and/or Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation to coordinate a program of responsive temporary art by local artists for temporary display on City-owned structures in the public realm, at a cost not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh wishes to establish mural spaces around the City for the display of temporary art by local artists which is responsive to social justice matters; and
WHEREAS, BOOM Concepts has an existing program, Activist Print, which uses print-based media to raise awareness of contemporary issues and inspire change; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh wishes to collaborate with BOOM Concepts, expanding on their existing program model, in the presentation of social justice-oriented artwork in City-owned spaces; and
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Authorizing the Mayor and the Department of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with BOOM Concepts and/or Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation to coordinate a program of responsive temporary art by local artists for temporary display on City-owned structures in the public realm, at a cost not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and payable from the Office of Equity and JDE Account 11101.102100.53.53901.2020.
Section 2. The form and substance of this Agreement shall be approved by the City Solicitor.