ArtAdoption is the brainchild of artists Karen & Tony Barone who sought a new way to support public art sculpture projects for cities, parks, schools, zoos and anywhere art is on public view. Without requesting funds from the cities or public sector, they decided they would gift the art to public sector recipients and raise the funds through private and business sector sponsorship programs.

Normally government has to spend money to allocate money to purchase public art. In Karen & Tony Barone’s ArtAdoption program, the art acquisition money goes directly from the private sector to the artists. The artists fabricate the work and oversee the completion of the project through installation. The funds are channeled through a not-for-profit conduit to the  recipient (city, park, school, etc.) of the art and earmarked as funds for payment to the artists. The recipient receives the work at no charge. The recipient achieves the lofty goal of supporting the arts & culture and also satisfies the need to embellish its public spaces with art without using funds raised through taxation.

The “ArtAdoption” project allows for a private sector & citizens grass roots effort. It gives art advocates an opportunity to acquire an extraordinary sculpture that is monumental in size and gift it to the public.

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