As a requirement for graduation, Carnegie Mellon University Master of Arts Management students must complete a Systems Synthesis Project. This is a unique challenge in which teams of students solve a particular project proposed by a client.
The project was proposed by Renee Piechocki, Director of the Greater Pittsburgh
Arts Council’s Office of Public Art, and Liesel Fenner, Manager of Public Art at
Americans for the Arts, as co-sponsors and was conducted under the guidance of
an advisory board of public art administrators and professionals in related
fields.
Requirements for the project include a paper documenting the methodology of the research taken.
Developing Methodologies for Public Art Evaluation details the thought processes behind the creation of an evaluation tool for
public art including research, testing, key findings, and recommendations. This
document can serve as a resource for those who are interested in the learning
more about the academic basis for the development of the evaluation system.
You can view the document here.
