§ 15813.1

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “State buildings” includes state office buildings, hospitals, and prisons, and such other state buildings which the State Architect deems appropriate for the inclusion of art as provided in this chapter.

(b) “Work of art” means any work of visual art, including but not limited to, a drawing, painting, mural, fresco, sculpture, mosaic, or photograph, a work of calligraphy, a work of graphic art (including an etching, lithograph, offset print, silk screen, or a work of graphic art of like nature), crafts (including crafts in clay, textile, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, glass, and like materials), or mixed media (including a collage, assemblage, or any combination of the foregoing art media). The term “work of art” does not include environmental landscaping placed about a state building.

(c) “Council” means the Arts Council.

(d) “Acquisition” includes acquisition by purchase, lease, or commission.

(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 513.)