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Goa13. Create a Public Art Program that values the creative thinking and broad perspectives of artists, sponsors and audiences. Objective 1. Seek alliances and collaborative projects with local businesses, civic groups, non-profit organizations and industries, enhancing marketing efforts for Downtown. Objective 2. Pursue partnerships with local schools and facilitate a variety of opportunities for students to work with and/or learn directly from artists. Objective 3. Develop a process to allow artists to benefit from community input, involvement and feedback and instill a sense of community ownership. Goal 4 Create a Public Art Program that honors the past and celebrates the future. Objective 1. Commission artworks related to downtown's multiple histories, current circumstances and future ambitions. Objective 2. Support a program of temporary and permanent works of art. Objective 3. Collaborate with sponsors of festivals and annual events to conceptualize and develop public artwork and installations. Goa15. Create a Public Art Program that builds upon other civic initiatives. Objective 1. Consider sites for public art commissions identified in urban design plans as high priority locations and furnishings for gathering points and landmarks. Objective 2. Commission artwork that serves to reinforce downtown as the community's cultural center. Objective 3. Integrate the Public Art Program with other civic priorities related to the Sister Cities, regional interests, environmental sustainability and community character. INVENTORY OF EXISTING PUBLIC ARTWORK While downtown is rich in architecture, there is comparatively little public art. Among the existing artworks in the immediate downtown are the mosaic-clad triangular forms called "Pleasanton Centennial" by Granizio at the southern end of Main Street. This work gives a visual history of early Pleasanton. Within City Hall, in the Council Chamber is a mural from the Sister City of Tulancingo, Mexico. There are two outdoor murals on or near Main Street. One mural commemorates Pleasanton's Centennial and is located on a wall of the Cheese Factory. The other mural is on the Meadowlark Dairy drive-in on Neal Street and it provides a visual history of the dairy. On the northern end of Main Street, at the entrance to the Arroyo, is a unique artist-made bench by Bob Graham titled "Keep Smiling". The bench is a beautiful one-of-a-kind functional artwork that lends legitimacy to the possibility of commissioning additional such artworks from artists (see the Pleasanton Benches project on p. 19). Outside of the downtown core, one can find the artwork "Swimming Through Air" at the Dolores Bengston Aquatic Center, and the "Albus" at the Senior Center, along with other pieces throughout the City. There are plans to include two artworks in the new firehouse and both would represent the first integrated artworks in the downtown collection. The library has several artworks, including two sculptures showing young children reading and a piece by Yoshio Taylor entitled "Leap". 4