Definitions

For the purposes of sections 4-131a-3 through 4-131a-13, the following definitions shall apply: (a) Agency: the state agency to receive the work of art, upon completion of established procedures for construction, reconstruction, or remodeling. (b) Allocated Funds: not less than one per cent (1%) of the proceeds of state bonds for purposes of construction, reconstruction, or remodeling of any state building (as defined herein), to be determined with respect to the total estimated cost of the project, exclusive of (i) the cost of any land acquisition, (ii) any nonconstruction costs including the cost of such work of art, and (iii) any augmentations to such costs. (c) Architect: the licensed person or firm that has contracted to design any project which is subject to the provisions of Section 4-131a of the General Statutes and to these regulations. (d) Artist: a practitioner in the visual or plastic arts whose objective is to create original works of art. As used herein "artist" means the same as "artisan" and "craftsperson." (e) State building: any building or facility owned or leased by the State of Connecticut and open to the public or intended for such use, exclusive of any shed, warehouse, garage or building of a temporary nature. (f) Work of Art: art work which is to be an integrated part of a state building, including but not limited to, fresco, mosaic, sculpture and other architectural embellishment or functional art created by a professional artist, artisan, or craftsperson, and any work of visual art which is not to be an integrated part of a state building, including but not limited to, a drawing, painting, sculpture, mosaic, photograph, work of calligraphy or work of graphic art or mixed media. Work of art does not mean landscape architecture or landscape gardening.