public art

What is the purpose of public art (to beautify, to educate, to challenge, to prompt conversation, to break monotony, etc.)? Use three

Reading Packet sources in your essay.
Essay Expectations & Instructions
• • ReadALL the articles in your chosen Reading Packet (ATTACHED).
• • You MUST write your essay in response to the prompt (question) assigned to you
• • You MUST cite within your essay from at least 3 of the 5-7 different URL sources in your chosen Reading Packet.
• • You MUST use the Reading Packet sources to develop your argument.
• • You may NOT use or cite any sources outside of those in your Reading Packet.
The structure of your essay should include
• • Your introduction with your central idea
• • The body of your essay, which is the development, or the explanation of your ideas, with citations from the articles in your
Reading Packet
• • Citations from 3 or more articles in your Reading Packet as they relate to your position on the topic (you may support or
refute arguments presented by the Reading Packet authors, but you may not use or cite outside sources)
• • Explanations how the citations you include support your position, and
• • A conclusion that summarizes your argument, and returns to your central idea with new insight.

• Citing Sources

• The following is a summary of MLA Style standards relevant to the submission.
• “To document” means to tell the reader the source of any material a writer uses in his or her essay. Material needing

documentation includes facts, statistical data, and ideas as well as the words used to express such information. Writers need to document,

or cite, sources whether or not they are using the exact words of the original. If using any of the exact words (even just a phrase),

writers need to put quotation marks around those words in addition to citing the source. Failure to use quotation marks appropriately

constitutes plagiarism.
• For prose, writers need to find the author and page number of a work (Smith 76).
• Short Quotations (4 typed lines or less): Place the quote within the text of the essay. Introduce the quote with a comma, and

place the period after the parenthetical citation. Use quotation marks to show all borrowed material. Include author and page number.
• Block Quotations (More than 4 typed lines): Place the quote one inch from the left margin, and omit quotation marks. Introduce the

quote with a colon, and place the period before the parenthetical citation.
• Same author of multiple works: When this occurs, group the works by the same author together, and alphabetize the works cited list

by the first word of the title. At the beginning of the second and subsequent works, use three dashes instead of writing the author’s

name. Ex. – – -. In the essay, distinguish between the works by putting the first few words of the title in the parenthetical citation

before the page number. Ex. (Four Wives 89).
• No author: If no author is available, leave it out and alphabetize the works cited list by the first key word in the title. (Key

words do not include “A,” “An,” and “The.”) In the essay, use the first key word of the title when citing. Ex. (Art 76).
• Missing Information: In MLA, if a piece of information is not available, skip that piece, and move on to remaining information.

Exceptions to this rule are pagination, publication date, etc. For a full list, see the MLA Handbook. Electronic sources often lack page

numbers. If the electronic source uses paragraph numbers (par. or pars.) or screens numbers (screens), use this information in place of a

page number.
• Documents on Websites or in Databases: When citing sources from the Internet make sure to determine which type of online source is

needed. Sometimes, writers need to combine or adapt entries to meet their needs. For example, if a writer finds an article posted on a

personal website not written by the author of the website, the writer needs to adapt the website with a known author entry to fit his or

her needs.
• Multiple authors: When citing multiple authors internally, use a semicolon between internal citations. Ex. (Smith 45; Logan 22-

23).
• Constructing and Organizing Your Works Cited
• List sources alphabetically by the last name of the first author of each source. When there is no author, alphabetize by title.

For references that run over one line, indent the second and subsequent lines one-half inch.
• Book
• Template
• Example
• Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent. New York: Picador USA, 1998. Print.
• Mark, Elizabeth Wyner. “The Four Wives of Jacob: Matriarchs Seen and Unseen.” Reconstructionist 63.1 (1998): 22-35. Print.
• McWard, Jim. “McWard’s English Home Page.” Johnson County Community College. n.d. Web. 12 July 2004.
• Yakir, Dan. “The Sorcerer.” Film Comment 17 May 1981: 49-53. Print.
• Mills, Nancy. “Half-Mortal Merlin Full of Heart.” Chicago Tribune TV Week 26 May 1998,
• Sunday ed.: 3+. Print.
• Author. Title. Publishing City: Publishing Co, Year. Medium of Publication.
• Scholarly Journal
• Author. “Title of Article.” Journal Title Volume Number. Issue Number (Year): Page Numbers. Medium of Publication.
• Work Cited Only on the Web
• Author. “Title of Work.” Title of Website if different from Title of Work. Version of edition if one. Publisher. Publication Date.

Medium of Publication. Date Accessed.
• Article from a Periodical
• Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Date: Page numbers. Medium of Publication
• Article from a Newspaper
• Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper Date, Edition abbreviated: Page Numbers. Medium Of Publication.
• Work on a Website with Print Publication Data
• Start with the information you would use if the work was in print form. Then add (1) Title of database or Web site italiczed, (2)

Medium of publication (Web), and (3) Date accessed. If the original page numbers do not appear in the online version of the work, use N.

pag.
• Print Journal Accessed Online
• Author. “Title of Article.” Journal Title. Volume Number. Issue Number (Year): page numbers. Title of Database. Medium of

Publication. Date Accessed.
• Myers, Sharon A. “Reassessing the ‘Proofreading Trap’: ESL Tutoring and Writing Center Instruction.” The Writing Center Journal.

24.1 (2003): N. pag. The Writing Center Journal Online. Web. 24 July 2004.

Source 1 (City of Kansas City: Public Art Frequently Asked Questions)

http://kcmo.gov/generalservices/public-art-faq/
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Source 2 (Controversial Public Artwork Back On Display In Downtown Kansas City)

http://kcur.org/post/controversial-public-artwork-back-display-downtown-kansas-city
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