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Take Another Look:
"Using Technology to Analyze Public Art in Albuquerque"
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Take Another Look: "Using Technology to Analyze Public Art in Albuquerque"
In this third episode about art and technology, we will be flipping the script: using tech to analyze art. Danicia Monét Malone, Founder and Principal Planner from Rokh, returns to the podcast to tell us about the Public Art Census and what canvassers learned from their work in the field. And, Mandolen Sanchez, Public Art Outreach Program Coordinator, who has been behind the scenes until now, shares how the Public Art Program is using technology to engage people.
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Danicia Monét Malone is an arts & culture ambassador and urban planner pursuing her Ph.D. on the User-Experience of Race. Her applied research is based on the context of Spatial Aesthetics – Growing Cultural Literacy in the Built Environment. Having fellowships with Yale School of the Environment, Wilma Gibbs Moore, Americans for the Arts, and Transportation for America she challenges the ideas of public space and place-making to encourage regenerative cultural democracy.
Danicia holds a Bachelor in Urban Planning and Spanish & a Masters in Nonprofit Management with a focus on peace building, liberation, and sustainability. She is the Founder, Principal, and interaction designer with Rokh. Her work has been published in Forbes, the Washington Post, Next City, and Fast Company among others.
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Mandolen Sanchez is the Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Public Art Program. She studied Art and Art History at the University of New Mexico, where she completed her B.A. and M.A. Her work with the City focuses on educating artists, the public and visitors about the Public Art Collection, applying for opportunities, and making resources for public art accessible.
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Learn More About the People, Places, and Projects Discussed in Episode 12 | |
Connecting with the Albuquerque Public Art Collection and Data | |
Albuquerque Public Art Collection | |
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Since 1978, the Albuquerque Public Art Program has purchased and commissioned artworks for the Albuquerque Public Art Collection. The Public Art Collection has more than 1,400 artworks by over 800 artists.
Learn more about the Albuquerque Public Art Collection:
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ABQ Data is the City of Albuquerque's clearing house for open data, where anyone can access raw information related to the City of Albuquerque including Public Art. Check out ABQ Data. | |
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In 2021, the City of Albuquerque Department of Technology and Innovation received a grant from the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government and partnered with the City Clerk's office and the Public Art Program to showcase how open data can be used creatively.
The DataFest:ArtQuest was a local hackathon event spread over two weekends in June 2021 that combined the public's art with the public's right to know. Participants were asked to use the Public Art data, crowdsource or collect data about public art, and create apps or programs that engaged public art and the public. Workshops on data and coding were also offered for participants.
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Rokh and the Public Art Census | |
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Rokh is a multidisciplinary, cultural equity, research & design studio. Founded in 2016, their work encompasses identity, communications, and critical race theory. Rokh's partners are scholars, researchers, and practitioners who work collaboratively and independently towards rooting tactical and somatic equity & liberation in the civic sphere.
They developed an app and technology to document creative expressions in the public-right-of way including the artist, the title, the location, the condition, and the type of artwork. The rich data sets are then analyzed to summarize the accessibility the general public has to public art in an area.
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The 2022 Public Art Census was conducted by Rokh in Marion County, Indiana. The team traveled more than 6,500 linear miles across Marion County Indiana and identified 3,090 works.
After learning about the Public Art Census in Marion County and Rokh and thinking about the impact of public art data following the 2021 hackathon, the Public Art Program connected with Rokh and the Bernalillo County Public Art Program to conduct a census here and have comparable data between two cities known for their public art collections.
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Public Art Census in Bernalillo County | |
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The City of Albuquerque Public Art Program and the Bernalillo County Public Art Program partnered with Rokh to conduct the first ever Public Art Census in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.
The Public Art Census in Bernalillo County kicked off in November 2023. Local artists and creatives were hired as canvassers to collect the data.
To date, the canvassers have traveled over 9,000 linear miles and have identified more than 10,000 unique works of creative expression.
The City's Public Art Program and the County's Public Art Program are now seeking permissions from Tribal governments and land grant areas within Bernalillo County to canvas these spaces while respecting culturally sensitive areas and creative expressions.
Learn more about the Public Art Census in Bernalillo County.
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Learn More about Public Art Archive | |
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Are you interested in learning more about Public Art Archive and discussing how to improve access to information about public art?
Participate in Public Art Archive's field-wide conversation on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 11 a.m., where artists, administrators, and allied professionals can delve into topics that explore ways to engage the public in the rich complexity of our public art and spaces.
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Episode 13, 14, and 15 Sneak Peek: Public Art Journeys | |
Join us for episodes 13, 14, and 15 as we hear from artists, curators, arts administrators, and poets about their journeys into and through public art. | | | | | |
