ART IN THE NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00981R000100060012-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 21
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2013
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 20, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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DDA 88-1964
20 September 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Executive Director
FROM: R. M. Huffstutler
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT: Art for the New Headquarters Building
REFERENCE: Your Request for Facts Regarding Art for the
New Headquarters Building
The attached information is in response to your request for facts
regarding expenditures for art in our New Headquarters Building. I have also
included a copy of the letter to Congressman McDade, who inquired about such
expenditures, which was prepared by the Office of Congressional Affairs. We
have other background documents and memoranda which we can provide you if you
so desire.
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BRIEF HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
OF FINE ARTS PROGRAM FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS
In purchasing art for our New Headquarters Building, we are continuing a
longstanding U.S. Government tradition of supporting living American artists
through the use of their paintings and sculptures in newly constructed federal
buildings as outlined in the Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture, the
genesis of which can be traced to a 1962 report by the President's Ad Hoc
Committee on Federal Office Space. A direct policy order was implemented in
January 1963 establishing an allowance for fine arts of one-half of one
percent of the estimated cost of construction for new federal buildings.
Accordingly, funding of our New Headquarters Building included an allocation
of up to $895,000 for this purpose.
The Agency elected to take a more conservative approach to our needs and
voluntarily reduced the amount set aside to a total of $401,000. We have
worked closely with the panel of experts associated with the General Services
Administration's (GSA) Art-In-Architecture Program for the expenditure of
these funds. This particular program allows us to apply all of the resources
to the art, whereas other options would create substantial consultant or
overhead costs.
We feel that we are completely in line with the tradition of incorporating
fine art into federal building designs and, concomitantly, in supporting
living American artists through the effort associated with our new building.
To date, we have commissioned, through GSA, Mr. James Sanborn for a work of
sculptural art in the amount of $250,000. Selection of the artist for a
second piece is in process.
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The Honorable Joseph M. McDade
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. McDade:
The Director has asked me to respond to your letter of
22 August 1986 on behalf of a constituent who is concerned
about art commissioned by the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) for our new Headquarters Building.
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? The fine art for the new Headquarters Building is being
acquired by the Art in Architecture program .of the General
Services Administration (GSA). Artwork in public buildings
has its historical antecedents in the Work Project
Administration (WPA) as a part of President Roosevelt's New
Deal program. This tradition of art for public buildings was
more recently reinforced by both the Kennedy and Ford
Administrations. History often judges a society by its
achievements in the arts and for much of this century, the
federal government has peen an important patron of the arts.
GSA's Art in Architecture program follows in this proud
tradition.
The objective of an art-in-architecture program is to
provide federal facilities with works of art as an integral
part of the total architectural design concept as deemed
appropriate by the project architect. In tnis case, the
works are created by American artists of local, regional.or
national reputation to enhance the working environment for
the building's occupants.
We too snare your concern for the pruaent expenditure of
federal funds. In this regard, GSA commissions artwork only
on the recommendation of the architect when it will enhance
the_design of a new building. According to GSA guidelines
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for all federal offices, the expenditure for fine art can be
no_more'than one-half of 1 percent of tne overall
construction costs: The cost of fine art for tne CIA
building is well within the GSA guidelines.
Thank you for writing on behalf of your constituent and
allowing me the opportunity to discuss our proposed artwork.
). John L. Heigerbon
Dirlkor of Congressional Affairs
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