Author: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

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Media Type: Sample document

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The Chicago Public Art Plan has been authored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). DCASE is dedicated to enriching Chicago’s artistic vitality and cultural vibrancy. This includes fostering the development of  Chicago’s nonprofit arts sector, independent working artists, and for-profit arts businesses; providing a framework to guide the city’s future cultural and economic growth, via the Chicago Cultural Plan 2012; marketing the city’s cultural assets to a worldwide audience; and presenting high-quality, free, and affordable cultural programs for residents and visitors. Since the plan is largely being distributed digitally, the plan's design considers the screen as its site — it uses the PDF's scrolling format as an opportunity for new forms  of interaction, experimentation, and interwoven narratives, just as contemporary public art responds to site and context. It is typeset in Aperçu and Cooper Black, the latter developed by Chicago type designer Oswald Bruce Cooper in 1922.

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Categories: Public Art, Cultural Planning, Community Development