Public Art & Health

Percent-for-art as a funding route

Research record PAH-013 · Finding, limitations, sources and publication relationships.

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· 2025 · United States

Findings, methods and sources

Policy & contextPolicy / contextContext / synthesis

Finding. Some jurisdictions allocate part of eligible public-construction budgets to art; hospital projects may qualify.

Limitation. Rules vary. The available sources do not establish that this is the predominant funding mechanism for hospital art nationwide.

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, state percent-for-art programs; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art.

Methods and verification

Verification level: Abstract or primary source checked

Design
Policy record
Sample / scope
See source for sample and design
Setting
Public capital projects
Art form
Several or unspecified

Primary source page checked, 29 September 2026

Last full editorial audit: 2026-09-09 · Verification policy

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No confirmed shared-publication match is recorded for this entry in Edition 4.11. Source-by-source and participant-level reconciliation is incomplete; this does not establish an independent study.

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Public Art & Health. Percent-for-art as a funding route. Research record PAH-013. Edition 4.11, 29 September 2026. https://www.publicart.health/research/pah-013

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