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ADOPT-A-SCULPTURE And in Boston, the Norsemen Memorial Committee adopted a memorial to Leif Erickson. 7. Try creative fund-raising. The only limit to fund-raising possibilities is your imagination. After you know the price tag for each sculpture on the list of priorities, create a comprehensive fund-raising plan. It an include both direct solicitation and events. Be creative: a popular Dallas radio personality asked his listeners to drop off their extra pennies - on Abraham Lincoln's birthday - and dollars - on George Washington's birthday - at a central location in support of the Dealey monument restoration. The result was more than $11,000, all in coins and bills. People respond well when they have options. In Cleveland, donors can support long-term as well as immediate needs by choosing from three alternatives: restoration, ongoing maintenance or a general maintenance fund. They can also divide their contributions among some combination of the three. 8. Recognize donors often and visibly. Adopt-a-sculpture programs generally honor donors for their contributions with a plaque near the monument and a certificate of recognition. A special rededication is an ideal opportunity to make your gratitude public. A ceremony also gives the program visibility and creates community pride in its public sculpture. A Community Presence Public sculpture has perpetual needs, so an adopt-a-sculpture program has a long-term responsibility that requires sustained community support. From the start, think of your program as having a mission that continues long after the last restored monument has been rededicated. As advocates for the care of your community's visual legacy, you can explain and promote the needs of outdoor sculpture. With your help, community understanding and involvement will ensure that the cycle of neglect does not repeat itself. [[image - SOS! logo]] For a free copy of the SOS! videotape "Legacy at Risk," call SOS! at (800) 422-4612. To learn more about existing adopt-a-sculpture programs, contact: Adopt-a-Statue (Boston) Mary Shannon Mayor's Office of Arts and Humanities City Hall, Room 716 Boston, Ma 02201 (617) 635-3245 Adopt-a-Monument (Chicago) Vi Daley, Friends of Lincoln Park 4753 North Broadway, Suite 918 Chicago, IL 60640 (312) 275-1000 Adopt-a-Sculpture (Cleveland) Carol Gill, The Sculpture Center 12206 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106 (216) 229-6527 Adopt-a-Monument (San Francisco) Debra Lehane San Francisco Art Commission 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240 San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 252-2593 Adopt-a-Monument (Dallas) Margaret Robinette, Office of Cultural Affairs 1925 Elm Street, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 670-3284 Adopt-a-Monument (New York City) Phyllis Samitz Cohen, Municipal Art Society 457 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 935-3960 Save Outdoor Sculpture (SOS!) is a joint project of the National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property and the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, that seeks to survey and gather information about all publicly accessible outdoor sculpture in the United States. Funding is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Getty Grant Program and the Henry Luce Foundation. Three times annually, SOS! Update reports on the project's progress and activities related to outdoor sculpture. As a supplement to SOS! Update, LodeSTAR (SOS! Technical Assistance Reports) provides information and strategies for citizens concerned about responsible care of outdoor sculpture. Readers are encouraged to reprint or duplicate information from either publication. Credit should read: "Reprinted with permission of Save Outdoor Sculpture!, (800) 422-4612." For more information, contact SOS!, NIC, 3299 K Street, NW, Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20007; (800) 422-4612; (202) 625-1495; fax (202) 625-1485. PAGE 4
