Committee Position Descriptions

User Agency Representative - VOTING

The User Agency head, or his/her designee, shall be responsible for bringing the aesthetic, safety, maintenance or other concerns of the user agency to the Committee. This member may serve for one or more ASB projects and shall be designated using the User Agency Representative Designation Form (pdf).

Occupant Representative - VOTING

This member shall be an employee designated by the User Agency Representative, to represent the staff of the new facility and shall be responsible for conveying the opinions of other employees to the Committee. In turn, this individual shall describe the Committee's deliberations to fellow employees. At the discretion of the agency head, multiple employees may serve as Co-Occupant Representatives. However, the position shall only have one vote.

Architect - VOTING

This member is the professional who designed the new facility (or his/her designee) who shall present blueprints and/or a model of the facility, and shall discuss site placement, construction materials, lighting, dimensions, and aesthetic concerns with the Committee.

Visual Arts Representative - VOTING

This member shall be a local community visual arts expert who shall suggest media and potential sites for artwork, recommend specific artists to be solicited, and utilize his/her professional arts background to assist the Committee in judging the artistic quality of the artists' images, presentations, and proposals. The ASB Administrator may request the assistance of Local Arts Agencies in choosing appropriate community visual art experts to serve in this position.

Project Director - NON-VOTING

This member shall be the person in charge of the construction project for the user agency or its designee. The Project Director shall advise the Committee on matters regarding scheduling, purchase orders, contracts with artists, and installation of the artwork. State agency construction architects or university facilities directors, or their designees, may serve as the Project Director.

ASB Administrator - NON-VOTING

This member shall be the primary facilitator of the ASB process who, utilizing public art expertise and training, leads the Committee through facility evaluation, artist search, decision-making, and final selection of artist(s) and artwork(s).