Information
The City of Portland is part of a national conversation about public art, history, and the meaning of monuments and memorials.
Monument Resources and Information
City of Portland Monuments Review Policy
- January 30, 2024 DRAFT Version 1
- February 28, 2024 Public Comment DRAFT Version 2
- March 6, 2024 Unanimously Adopted Policy
Converge 45 2021 Monuments & Memorials Work on monuments
Historic Landmarks Commission
- Monuments Memo to HLC
- Presentation to HLC
- Full Presentation and video
- HLC Summary re: Portland Monuments Project
- HLC Public Testimony
Lewis & Clark Report Monuments & Memorials Report
Regional Arts & Culture Council
- (York) What Kind of Public Art Do We Want Now?: A conversation with PSU Professor and York historian Darrell Millner, the York artist, and Kristin Calhoun, Director of Public Art, Regional Arts & Culture Council
- Monuments Guidelines (2021)
Research based on policies from other jurisdictions including
- The Chicago Monuments Project
- New York City: Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers Report
- New York City: Final Report | Qualitative Analysis of Public Surveys for the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers
- Regional Arts & Culture Council: Deaccession Guidelines: City of Portland and Multnomah County (2021)
- San Francisco: Monuments and Memorials Advisory Committee Report
- RACC’s 2021 Recommendation for Deaccession Guidelines
- Vancouver’s Public Art Plan
Misc. Communications
- Monuments Related Emails Communications to City Council and City Arts 2021-23
- RACC feedback request for public comment on monuments
- Public Comments to City Council / Clerk
- Arts Talks
Public engagement / Outreach
- PP&R South Park Blocks Master Plan: Themes from community-specific listening sessions
- Renea Perry Letter to Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHIPO)
- Portland Historic Landmarks Commission: Public Letters on South Park Block Monuments
- Letter from City of Portland Historic Landmarks Commission to Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHIPO)
- Portland Parks & Recreation Director Long Letter to Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHIPO)
York
- OPB This art is a reflection of where we are today’ Portland Commissioner Carmen Rubio reflects on Tabor park’s York statue
- Bust of York toppled in Portland’s Mount Tabor Park
- What Kind of Public Art Do We Want Now?: A conversation with PSU Professor and York historian Darrell Millner, the York artist, and Kristin Calhoun, Director of Public Art, Regional Arts & Culture Council