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- Our primary mission is to recognize individuals, groups or agencies with awards for the responsible maintenance, preservation and restoration of objects and sites of cultural patrimony.
- Our second mission is to recognize objects and sites of cultural patrimony that have been abused and neglected by the institutions, corporations, and governmental agencies entrusted with their care and to issue notification to these parties.
- Our third mission is to increase the awareness of the meaning and significance of objects and sites of cultural patrimony in public space.
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- Public Art Protective Services provides information and evaluations about the maintenance, restoration and preservation of objects and sites of cultural patrimony with a focus on site-specific Public Art in Southern California. Our mission is to encourage the appreciation, maintenance, restoration and preservation of the neglected object or site of cultural property by the parties who created them and/or are entrusted with the care of them.
- PAPS is not part of the non-profit industrial complex and does not advocate for or negotiate for the removal of objects of cultural patrimony from one agency or municipality to another on either a temporary or permanent basis. While PAPS does notify responsible parties of their neglect of cultural property and encourages restoration and preventive maintenance, PAPS does not participate in public smear campaigns. PAPS' board of directors nominates and selects the award recipients and one cannot apply for any PAPS award. Awards are only given when the board determines that exceptional efforts have been made and are not awarded on a yearly basis. The board membership is not published and is composed of members who have experience as Art Fabricators, University Professors, Public Artists, Studio Artists, Public Art Curators, Public Art Administrators, Public Art Educators, Art Writers, Art Critics, Culture Bearers, Cultural Producers and Art Curators.
Awards
Our primary mission is to recognize individuals, groups or agencies with awards for the responsible maintenance, preservation and restoration of objects and sites of cultural patrimony.
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Our second mission is to recognize objects and sites of cultural patrimony that have been abused and neglected by the institutions, corporations, and governmental agencies entrusted with their care and to issue notification to these parties. The image above is of the Robert Irwin public artwork at CSULB prior to the restoration of the work by the University Art Museum.
Increasing Awareness
Our third mission is to increase the awareness of the meaning and significance of objects and sites of cultural patrimony in public space.
Seeking Your Recommendations
The forth goal is to provide a site where citizens can provide a confidential assessment of the condition of public art and cultural patrimony in your community. PAPS reviews and collects these submittals but we do not respond to submissions. These submissions may stimulate notifications, awards or awareness projects.
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Public Art Protective Services (PAPS) Grants Inaugural Awards for Public Art Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
Forouzan Golshani and Brian Trimble at California State University Long Beach named as recipients
Long Beach, California (November 11, 2015)—Public Art Protective Services announces the recipients of 2015 PAPS Awards for Public Art Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. Brian Trimble, Interim Director of the University Art Museum and Dr. Forouzan Golshani, Dean of the College of Engineering at California State University Long Beach have both been named for site-specific awards from Public Art Protective Services. Recipients of the awards from Public Art Protective Services do not apply but are nominated by a national board of advisors to recognize efforts in Conservation of Public Art and the Restoration of Cultural Patrimony. This year’s awards are being given to organizations in Southern California that have not been previously recognized for efforts in the conservation and restoration of public art or objects and sites of cultural patrimony.
The recipient of the 2015 PAPS Public Art Conservation Award is Brian Trimble for his leadership in the University Art Museum’s efforts for the restoration of public art at CSULB associated with the Long Beach State 1965 International Sculpture Symposium and for bringing awareness to issues concerning the conservation of public art with the organization of a major conference on Public Art and Conservation, Far-Sited, recently held at the UAM and at Museum Of Latin American Art in Long Beach California. See: http://web.csulb.edu/org/uam/
The recipient of the PAPS Restoration of Cultural Property Award is Dr. Forouzan Golshani for his leadership in the collaboration with the CSULB College of Engineering, the American Indian Science and Engineering Student Chapter, the Tiat Society, the American Indian Studies Program and the Decolonization, Reindigenization and Reciprocity Project for their collective roles in the restoration of the 27-foot-long plank canoe of the Tongva at CSULB. This on-going restoration of the iconic ocean-going heritage watercraft of the indigenous people of Puvungna (CSULB) conducted in the College of Engineering has created linkages across campus and with the community to assist in the tiat restoration, to create awareness and to help sustain the role of this canoe in cultural revitalization.
This collaborative reindigenization of site and restoration of the Tiat included planting several species of native plants on campus that are used in the restoration and construction of the Tiat. One species of plant, commonly known as Dogbane, is used to create twine to sew the wooden planks of the canoe together. See:http://www.csulb.edu/ais
The project also included a lecture series creating awareness of the importance of restoring and maintaining the cultural patrimony of significant indigenous sites in California and how sites can be reindigenized to help sustain the cultural practice of the original indigenous people where the site is located. CSULB is located at Puvungna, which is the name of the ancient Tongva village site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
PAPS Director, Eugene Estrada, commented that both of these recipients created reciprocal relationships on and off campus in their efforts to support the conservation, restoration, maintenance and sustainability of significant objects of cultural production that reinforce the identity, meaning and significance of the site of Cal State Long Beach which is affectionately known as both “the Beach” and “Cal State Puvungna”.
The 2015 PAPS Awards were presented in conjunction with a panel entitled: Revisiting Issues in the Conservation of Public Art and Cultural Patrimony at CSULB on November 10, 2015 at 2:00 pm in Lecture Hall-150.
Awards 2015
2015 PAPS AWARD FOR
PUBLIC ART CONSERVATION
AWARDED TO: UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
Awards 2015
2015 PAPS AWARD FOR
RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY
AWARDED TO: TIAT RESTORATION PROJECT
Awards 2014
2014 PAPS AWARD FOR COMMUNITY BASED MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC ART SITE OF CULTURAL PATRIMONY
AWARDED TO: SYUXTUN STORY CIRCLE
Restoration of Public Art
2015 PAPS AWARDS ANNOUNCED
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