Okla. Admin. Code § 320:10-1-2
The following words or terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Accession" means the formal process used to accept a work of art into the Oklahoma Public Art Collection and record the artwork as a Collection item.
"Acquisition" means existing artwork bought or obtained.
"Act" means the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act, 74 O.S., Section 9030 et seq.
"Appointing authority" shall be the Director or designee of the Project Agency. [74 O.S.,Section 9030.2]."Art", "artwork", or "work of art" means all forms of original creations of visual art, except for blasphemous material as defined by Section 901 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or indecent or obscene material as defined by Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, including, but not limited to:
"Art in Public Places Program Guidelines" means the written program procedures and standards as approved by the Art in Public Places Oversight Committee.
"Artist" means a practitioner in the visual arts committed to producing high quality work, as recognized by the peers and critics of the artist, on a regular basis. The term "artist" shall not include the architect of a public building under construction or any member of the architectural firm of the architect. [74 O.S., Section 9030.2]
"Commission" means a task or job awarded to a person or group, especially an order to produce a particular product or piece of work.
"Deaccession" means the process of removing an object permanently from the Collection, usually through sale or exchange or any other transaction by which title of outgoing works of art are transferred from the Collection to another institution or individual. Under certain conditions, it may also include disposal by intentional destruction.
"Division" means the Art in Public Places Division. [74 O.S., Section 9030.2]
"Maintenance" means the ongoing upkeep required for artworks to retain their structural and aesthetic integrity. [74 O.S., Section 9030.2]
"Oklahoma Public Art Collection" means all accessioned works of art that have been created or purchased for, restored or renovated in accordance with the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act.
"Preservation" means actions taken to retard or prevent deterioration or damage in artworks by control of their environment and/or treatment of their structure; and to maintain them in as unchanging a state as possible.
"Project" means any capital expenditure, including, but not limited to, bond issues, with the purpose of renovating or constructing public buildings costing Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or more. [74 O.S., Section 9030.2]
"Project agency" means institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education or the department, board, commission, institution, or agency of the state subject to the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act. The legislative and judicial branches of the State of Oklahoma shall be subject to the procedures of the Oklahoma Art in Public Places Act or shall implement another process to include art in locations subject to the control of those branches. Provided, that the expenditure for commissioning art by the legislative and judicial branches shall be no less than that established by Section 6 of this act. [74 O.S., Section 9030.2]
"Project architect" means the person or firm designing the public construction project. [74 O.S., Section 9030.2]
"Public construction" or "public building" means any state building, facility, structure or park constructed, including any state-owned lands or space surrounding or integral to the building, facility, structure or park. The term "public construction" or "public building" shall not include:
"Public land" means a site owned by the State of Oklahoma with major public access and visibility that serves a business, social, or environmental need. [74 O.S., Section 9030.2]
"Relocate" means moving a work of art and resiting it.
"Renovate" means to restore to a former state, renew or make over.
"Repair" means those extraordinary activities required to repair or restore a malfunctioning or damaged work of art [74 O.S., Section 9030.2] or to restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.
"Replacement" means substitution.
"Restoration" means the treatment of a deteriorated or damaged artwork to approximate, as nearly as possible, its original form, design, color, and function with minimal further sacrifice of aesthetic and historic integrity.
"Society" means the Oklahoma Historical Society. [74 O.S., Section 9030.2]"Work of art", "art", or "artwork" means all forms of original creations of visual art, except for blasphemous material as defined by Section 901 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or indecent or obscene material as defined by Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, including, but not limited to:
Added at 24 Ok Reg 335, eff 10-31-06 (emergency)
Added at 24 Ok Reg 2164, eff 6-25-07