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CITY OF SMYRNA PUBLIC ART CONSULTANT PROPOSAL
3030
DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE
AMANDA GOLDEN 
MANAGING PRINCIPAL, DESIGNING LOCAL
Amanda is the Managing Principal and Co-Founder of Designing Local. She 
is an urban planner, arts administrator, curator, creative placemaker, historic 
preservationist, and has worked in the public art and cultural planning field 
since 2014. Driven by the belief that public art should reflect the community 
it's placed in, Amanda's favorite projects are those that have many voices 
working together to define what both the public artwork, cultural assets, and 
the program look like. At Designing Local, Amanda oversees the creation of 
public art master plans for a variety of cities across the US, develops cultural 
and arts master plans, and works with private developers to integrate public 
art within their developments. She has worked on over 30 public art master 
plans in 15 different states, has managed complex public art commissions, 
and has worked on multiple NEA Our Town Grant projects. Designing Local 
has also put forward many unique cultural funding mechanisms that have 
been adopted as policy. 
PROJECT ROLE
Artist Selection & Fabrication Advisor
APPOINTMENTS
•
 Cen
tral Ohio APA, Immediate Past 
Chair
• Sta
te of Ohio APA, Former Board 
Member 
• De
velopment Commissioner, City 
of Columbus, Ohio
EDUCATION
•
 Mast
er of City & Regional Planning, 
The Ohio State University
• Bachelor
 of Science in City & 
Regional Planning, The Ohio State 
University
RECENT AND RELATED PROJECTS
• Port S
t. Lucie Public Art Master Plan | Port St. Lucie, Florida | Placemaking 
Lead
• Fr
ankfort Arts Master Plan | Frankfort, Kentucky | Project Manager
• Fort 
Wayne Public Art Master Plan | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Project Manager
• Anaheim P
ublic Art Master Plan |Anaheim, California | Project Manager
• Peoria 
Arts & Culture Master Plan | Peoria, Arizona | Placemaking Lead
• Sandusky
 Public Art & Placemaking Plan | Sandusky, Ohio | Project 
Manager
• Br
aselton Public Art Master Plan | Braselton, Georgia | Project Manager
• Rosw
ell Public Art Master Plan | Roswell, Georgia | Project Manager
• Sandy
 Springs Arts Master Plan | Sandy Springs, Georgia | Project Manager
• Duluth P
ublic Art Master Plan | Duluth, Georgia | Project Manager
• Art on H
igh Strategic Plan and Implementation | Columbus, Ohio | Project 
Manager
• Sulliv
ant Bright Public Art and Parklet Project | Columbus, Ohio | Project 
Manager 
• Frisc
o Public Art Master Plan Update | Frisco, Texas | Project Manager
• Clearwa
ter Cultural Arts Strategic Plan | Clearwater, Florida | Project 
Manager
• Con
way Public Art Master Plan | Conway, Arkansas | Project Manager
• Ander
son Public Art Master Plan  |Anderson Township, Ohio | Project 
Manager