Public Art • Placemaking • City Design
We’ve been doing research into the way that other researchers document the value of public art, and discovered a report published last year by the American Planning Association on that topic. The report calls out Arlington County’s public art program … Continued
Last night I joined a faculty retreat at Pratt Institute’s Program for Planning and Sustainable Development. The question at hand: How can the school strengthen its teaching about everything to do with the public realm? Should the school offer a … Continued
Next week I will be working in Tacoma with Robert Gay and Lucy Begg, of Thoughtbarn, on a public art master plan and demonstration project for a new trail in downtown, Tacoma, Washington. I was invited by the blog Spaceworks … Continued
Monica Yant Kinney reports on the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program’s “bravura plan to spiff up the airport.” As a consultant to MAP, we developed the concept for the giant mural project and organized the process that selected photographer J.J. Tiziou … Continued
The first thing you notice is the hands. Fingers and hands of all sizes. Gingerly painting a wooden pole. Stirring a brush in water. Carefully dropping beads in a bottle. Shaking a spray can and decorating a bucket in paint. … Continued
Completed after a year of work, the plan represents a new vision for public art that is selected and administered by the Port of San Diego. Additionally, the plan defines a new, innovative strategy that strengthens the mission of the … Continued
At its most recent meeting, the CAQT Arts on the Block team worked together to develop a test run of the musical instruments for the International Festival of Rhythm and Light. They plan on using recycled bottles, and possibly tins … Continued
Via PlanPhilly You’ve seen them from time to time as you walk about the city — the giant clothespin at Centre Square, the “ghost house” at Franklin Court, the crazy roller-coaster-like structure suspended in the Convention Center, the “cave” that … Continued
Toronto’s Nuit Blanche – which just completed its fourth run in early October – is the first all-night art festival in North America to establish itself as an ongoing concern. The whole concept of compressing an art exhibition – something … Continued