Purchase of works of art

(a) Works of art will be selected by the State Commission on the Arts for both a bank of major works of art and for the collection of works by distinguished Connecticut artists in accordance with the provisions of this section. (b) (1) There shall be a five member committee of visual arts professionals, e.g., critics, museum directors, artists from varied disciplines and art historians. The Committee will be appointed by the State Commission on the Arts and will be named the Connecticut Artists Collection Advisory Committee; (2) Nomination of members for appointment to the Connecticut Artists Collection Advisory Committee will be made by the staff to the Board of the State Commission on the Arts for its approval; (3) Within 30 days of adoption of this regulation, the State Commission on the Arts will appoint to the Connecticut Artists Collection Advisory Committee the following: (A) two members for two years; (B) three members for three years; (C) thereafter, Connecticut Artists Collection Advisory Committee members will be appointed for a term of three years; (D) no member may serve more than two full three-year terms and the two members mentioned in (A) may serve no more than five years; (E) vacancies shall be filled by the State Commission on the Arts for the unexpired portion of the term; (4) the Connecticut Artists Collection Advisory Committee will be chaired by a Board member of the State Commission on the Arts to be appointed by the Chairman of the State Commission on the Arts. The Chair of the Committee will be a nonvoting member. (c) (1) the Connecticut Artists Collection Advisory Committee will identify distinguished artists whose work shall be considered for selection for the collection by the State Commission on the Arts; identify works of art to be considered for the bank and recommend purchase of specific works by distinguished Connecticut artists for selection the State Commission on the Arts; (2) upon recommendation of the Connecticut Artists Collection Advisory Committee final approval for the selection of artists and specific works shall be made by the State Commission on the Arts. (d) For the purposes of this section, distinguished Connecticut artists shall have their primary residence in Connecticut and meet one or more of the following criteria: (1) widely recognized by peers and visual arts professionals for distinguished contributions to the visual arts or their art forms; (2) work is represented in major public and private collections. (e) For the purposes of this section, a "major work of art" shall mean a work of art that is recognized by peers and visual arts professionals as a major work of art in its media by either distinguished or emerging artists.