County officials are looking to fill 11 positions on a newly formed committee.
The purpose of the Public Arts Committee is to make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners of Fayette County as to find ways to use art to enhance the County’s reputation, to contribute to the civic environment, to enrich the lives of citizens and visitors through the involvement of amateur and professional artists, and to integrate public arts throughout Fayette County.
The Public Arts Committee aims to acquire, cultivate, and perform responsible stewardship of public arts, to enhance the dignity of Fayette County through the commitment to artists and their disciplines as integral elements of economic vitality and development. Fayette County’s Public Arts Committee offers opportunities and support to citizens, emerging students, amateurand professional artists, arts education resources, and public beautification arts projects. Its mission is to change the way the Fayette County community approaches arts and culture.
The goal of the Fayette County Public Arts Committee is to become a leader in the arts through conceptualizing, implementing, organizing, and executing art projects and programs for the citizens. The first order of business for the members ofthe Public Arts Committee is to formulate the vision and long-range goals of the Public Arts Committee and to forward the same to the Board of Commissioners.
The Fayette County Public Arts Committee is to be comprised of eleven members. The terms for each member will last for two years. Since this effort is to populate the committee with staggered terms, five members will initially be appointed to a term of one year and the remaining six members will be appointed to two-year terms. Subsequent appointments to this committee will be made with two-year terms.
Only Fayette County citizens are eligible for appointment to the committee.
Meetings will occur on a regular basis with meetings occurring the third Monday of each month. Meeting times for this committee are yet to be determined. All members serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in connection with their official duties if such expenses are approved by the county administrator.
The Fayette County Board of Commissioners informs all interested and eligible Fayette County citizens that eleven positions are available for Fayette County citizens who have are interested in serving on the Public Arts Committee.
Fayette County will be accepting applications and resumes for this position. Applications can be obtained by contacting Floyd Jones at 770-305-5102 or at fjones@fayettecountyga.gov. All applications must be returned to Floyd Jones at 140 Stonewall Avenue West, Suite 100, in Fayetteville by 5 p.m. Friday, April 22.
