Charlottesville’s Lee statue to be melted down for new art
December 8, 2021 GMTCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protests to Charlottesville, Virginia, will be melted down and turned into a new piece of public art by an African American heritage center.
Hattiesburg adds hummingbird mural to downtown
November 8, 2021 GMTHATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A new mural is taking flight in the city of Hattiesburg.
WDAM reports that a mural commissioned by the Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art has been unveiled in the city's downtown.
Museum proposes melting Lee statue to make new artwork
October 21, 2021 GMTCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia museum is proposing to melt down a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017 in Charlottesville and create a new work of public art.
New art tribute to Dylan on display outside Minnesota school
October 17, 2021 GMTHIBBING, Minn. (AP) — A public art tribute to Bob Dylan was unveiled Saturday in Hibbing with the hopes of inspiring a new generation of young artists.
The display of the Iron Range town's most famous resident is located outside Hibbing High School, where the 80-year-old Dylan was a 1959 graduate.
A struggle to prevent suicides at soaring NYC sculpture
August 27, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — When it opened 2 1/2 years ago near the Hudson River, the 150-foot-tall (46-meter-tall) piece of public art known as the Vessel looked like another surefire Manhattan tourist draw. It's strange honeycomb of platforms and staircases, partially ringed by skyscrapers, offered striking views of the waterfront and quickly became an Instagram favorite.
Savannah museum hires new chief curator from Smithsonian
July 12, 2021 GMTSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s oldest public art museum has hired a new chief curator.
The Telfair Museums in Savannah announced recently that Crawford Alexander Mann III take its top curator job in November.
Two artworks chosen for display in London’s Trafalgar Square
July 5, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — A sculpture symbolizing Britain’s complex colonial ties and an artwork featuring the faces of 850 transgender people will be going on display in Trafalgar Square, one of London’s highest-profile venues for public art.
‘All Black Lives Matter’ mural installed in Providence
June 6, 2021 GMTPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A street mural saying “All Black Lives Matter” is being installed in downtown Providence.
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza was on hand Saturday for the unveiling of the public art project in Kennedy Plaza, the transit hub overlooking City Hall, which came as the city kicked off PVDFest, its summerlong art festival.
Public art display in Nashville promotes social justice
April 21, 2021 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A large-scale public artwork composed of giant sheets of jute sacks will be on display at Fisk University through May 31 as part of an initiative to promote social justice...
Group developing public art to commemorate 1919 race riots
December 6, 2020 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — Efforts to create a public art project honoring those killed during race riots in Chicago in 1919 are gaining traction...
Fort Wayne artists paint murals on boarded storefronts
June 8, 2020 GMTFORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Local artists are painting murals on storefront windows that were boarded up in downtown Fort Wayne during George Floyd protests to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
Christo, artist known for massive, fleeting displays, dies
May 31, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Christo, known for massive, ephemeral public arts projects died Sunday at his home in New York...
Charleston creates online art database during pandemic
May 19, 2020 GMTCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The city of Charleston on Monday created an online art database for people to use during the coronavirus pandemic...
Parkland father: Mural in El Paso a ‘tragic coincidence’
August 5, 2019 GMTEL PASO, Texas (AP) — Manuel Oliver has traveled the U...
City of Richmond approves murals in Historic District
April 23, 2019 GMTVisitors to Richmond’s Historic District may soon be greeted by splashes of color along the street’s notable walls.
The City Commission approved mural guidelines for the Historic District at the March regular commission meeting.
Inviting ‘conversation and wonderment’
March 2, 2019 GMTMICHIGAN CITY — If you’ve ever been to downtown Michigan City, you’ve likely seen some works of art that made you stop and do a double-take – and maybe wonder just what the artist was thinking.
That’s exactly what the orgainizers of the exhibits had in mind.
Colorful, complex, proud: telling the story of S. Philadelphia HS through public art
November 28, 2018 GMTBy Staff
Cheerleaders leapt into the air amid the pop and shower of confetti cannons outside South Philadelphia High Wednesday. The mayor looked on, clapping.
Students kept looking up at the reason they had gathered in the bitter cold: The new mural that told their school’s story — colorful, complex, proud.
San Antonio Zoo unveils mural created by UTSA students
October 5, 2018 GMTHippos wearing robes. A turban-topped crocodile. Zebras dressed in vests.
These are three of the anthropomorphized animals living in harmony on a colorful mural painted by art students from the University of Texas at San Antonio for the Africa Live!
‘Watermark’ offers artistic reminder for Millvale
October 2, 2018 GMTA thin blue line passes through Millvale's business district, extending from Riverfront Park under the 40th Street Bridge to Grant Avenue's Pocket Park. It travels in swirled and jagged ribbons along sidewalks, brick facades and storefront windows.
‘The Marigolds’ public art installation coming to Buckeye neighborhood Saturday
September 14, 2018 GMT'The Marigolds' public art installation coming to Buckeye neighborhood Saturday
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Residents of Cleveland's Buckeye neighborhood and beyond are being invited to come out and celebrate a new public art installation that celebrates the spirit and endurance of the neighborhood, with three generations of a Buckeye family at the heart of the exhibit.
Baraboo mural expands Saturday
July 30, 2018 GMTBaraboo’s popular public mural will expand again this week, with an unveiling ceremony set for Saturday.
Launched in 2016 by the Baraboo Public Art Association, the “People of the Fabric of Our Community” project features paintings of local residents, living and dead, renowned and ordinary.
2 New Yorker artists bring colors, smiles to Rohingya camps
July 27, 2018 GMTKUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AP) — With his blond dreads tied in a ponytail and baggy jeans caked with paint smudges, Max Frieder first arrived at the cramped Rohingya refugee camps last December...
Laughing Lincoln?
May 3, 2018 GMTA Naperville public art group plans on celebrating Illinois' bicentennial with a life-size statue of a laughing Abraham Lincoln in the Chicago suburb's Central Park.
Naperville Century Walk president Brand Bobosky tells The Naperville Sun that the jovial, knee-slapping version of Lincoln is meant to show a different side of the 16th president.
A North Carolina artist wants to create lilies in a field of coal ash
December 27, 2017 GMTGREENSBORO, N.C. — Much has been said about coal ash since that grimy waste product shot to the top of North Carolina’s political agenda after the 2014 spill into the Dan River.
It’s a pretty safe bet that, in all that time, nobody has ever praised the stuff for its beauty or elegance.
‘Corner Light’ installation by SGS collective in Public Square glows with provocative ambiguity (photos)
December 10, 2017 GMT'Corner Light' installation by SGS collective in Public Square glows with provocative ambiguity (photos)
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The twinkly holiday lights at Public Square are facing subtle competition this year from a luminous public art installation that simultaneously feels urgent but also deeply ambiguous in meaning.
John Richter, entrepreneur, advocate for airport noise reduction and bike lanes, dies at 94
December 2, 2017 GMTFor years, John Richter was the epitome of an engaged citizen in Minneapolis — a rabble-rouser, networker and fundraiser extraordinaire who poured his energy and money into a slew of causes over decades of tenacious advocacy.
Huntington panel develops plan to encourage public art
December 1, 2017 GMTHUNTINGTON - Downtown Huntington has been upping its public art game in recent years, and now the city wants to take it up a notch or two. The Mayor's Council for the Arts on Thursday unveiled a new public art policy/master plan and has launched an online inventory of potential locations to encourage public art on city-owned property.
Baraboo dedicates elephant sculpture Saturday
December 1, 2017 GMTThe Baraboo Public Arts Association has invited an unusual elephant to town, with plans for it to stay a long time.
The elephant is a sculpture created by Madison artist Will Turnbull. The project will be dedicated at Myron Park on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Group Looks To Revitalize City Through Art
November 5, 2017 GMTA local group is hoping to reinvigorate downtown Scranton through public art.
“We want to give back to the people of the community through art,” said Ryan Hnat. “And murals (are) the first step.”
Dressing up traffic boxes with art in Danbury
October 30, 2017 GMTDANBURY - The city wants to transform traffic control boxes into artistic statements, and has called on local artists to help.
The city’s public art project invites artists to submit proposals to a selection committee that “reflect and respect the entire Danbury community,” according to a city posting.
Flamenco dancer resurrects colorful dance for audiences
October 18, 2017 GMTNORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Yohanna Escamilla can tell you about the rhythms that are at the heart of flamenco, but it's so much more fun to watch her pound them into the floor...
ArtFeel: Weekly fix of the local arts scene
October 9, 2017 GMTAn art maven's weekly fix of the local arts scene: What to see, what to hear, who to meet and musings about how public art makes people feel - their ArtFeel.
* ArtSee: Local artist Annette Palmer's Between the Lines show.
Stone Mountain another (huge) test for Confederate symbols
August 21, 2017 GMTSTONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The huge raised-relief images show a Confederate trinity sitting astride their horses, high above the ground...
Artist uses Iraq refugees, war veterans in radio project
July 26, 2017 GMTPHILADELPHIA (AP) — In 2016, an Iraqi-American artist sat down with Bahjat Abdulwahed — the so-called "Walter Cronkite of Baghdad" — with the idea of launching a radio project that would be part documentary, part radio play and part variety show...
Madison considers 1 percent program to fund public art
May 30, 2017 GMTIn a bid to retain the livability that officials say is an economic engine for the city, Madison may soon set aside funds in big projects for public art.
Mayor Paul Soglin and five City Council members are proposing an ordinance that would set aside 1 percent of the total budget for city capital projects exceeding $5 million for public art.
Art project to add character, color to new Aurora rec center
May 26, 2017 GMTAURORA | Scott Parsons would prefer if you kept his domain name out of earshot of some of his fellow parishioners in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
“I do a lot of church work,” he says with a chuckle over the phone.
Inflatable sculpture of ballerina by Jeff Koons unveiled
May 14, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A massive inflatable ballerina created by artist Jeff Koons is the latest public art installation at New York's Rockefeller Center...
Council to review public art master plan
March 26, 2017 GMTRochester's City Council will have a chance to flex its artistic side on Monday.
During the weekly committee of the whole meeting at 3:30 p.m. in room 104 of City Hall, 201 Fourth St. SE, the council will receive a copy of the public art master plan prepared for the Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust.
Iconic train car reminds of days spent on tracks
February 13, 2017 GMTSOUTHEAST TEXAS TALES
A caboose that one day will serve as a piece of public art representative of a long-gone era in railroading remains under cover of a storage shed at the Port of Beaumont, only a few hundred feet from its final destination.
Kubik will speak at Lunch with the League
February 1, 2017 GMTMICHIGAN CITY — The League of Women Voters of La Porte County will present Michigan City's own Matthew Kubik, speaking about his work on the Michigan City Public Art Commission for February's Lunch with the League.
LaBeouf-led livestream says ‘He Will Not Divide Us’
January 24, 2017 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Shia LaBeouf wants you to know: "He will not divide us."
For the first few days of Donald Trump's presidency, the actor has been repeating that sentence into a live camera mounted on a wall outside a New York City museum, usually with a backdrop of everyday New Yorkers chanting and singing along...
Sugar Land moves forward with public art projects
December 26, 2016 GMTBy the start of the Super Bowl, Sugar Land will look a little different.
The city will have two new public art installations, located at Sugar Land's airport gateway, and at the plaza outside of the soon-to-open Smart Financial Centre.
Light blight: Art project breathes life into empty buildings
November 18, 2016 GMTTROY, N.Y. (AP) — Empty homes on blighted blocks here pulse with a ghostly glow every night.
Windows in more than 150 abandoned buildings in three upstate New York cities have been fitted with light-emitting diodes that steadily brighten and fade, giving the effect of slow breathing.