John Sauvé prompted the creation of the Brighton Mayor’s Commission on Art in Public Places in Brighton, and served as its chairperson. Under Sauve's guidance, the Commission developed the Brighton Biennial Sculpture Exhibit, which installed 28 pieces of large scale public art in the City of Brighton. As a result of the Brighton Biennial, Sauvé was asked to curate the City of Birmingham Cityscapes Sculpture Exhibit in which he included the works of Artists Mark di Suvero and Dennis Oppenheim into the show. John Sauvé conceived the development of the Green Oak Village Place Sculpture Park, a new outdoor life-style shopping center in Green Oak, Michigan. In 2008 the American Institute of Architects recognized his Design of the Green Oak Village Place Sculpture Park with the Merit Award. Sauvé is presently overseeing the sculpture installation in the Stone Ridge Sculpture Park just outside Manhattan in Upstate New York. Sauvé is also curating the Blue Water International Sculpture Exhibit between Canada and the United States. Sauvé’s own work was installed on New York City’s newest City park, the Highline, in the summer of 2010. Previously, he served as Executive Assistant to the founder and Director of the Michigan Council for Arts, E. Ray Scott, with responsibility for the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places.