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For Immediate Release
06/20/2008Contact:
Beth Garcia
Goodman Media for Americans for the Arts
212.576.2700 ext. 242 or bgarcia@goodmanmedia.com
America's Best Public Art Projects Recognized at National Arts Conference
(PHILADELPHIA, PA) – June 23, 2008 – Forty-five of the best public art works in the United States, including projects from 29 cities in 19 states from Arizona to Wisconsin, were recognized at the 2008 Americans for the Arts annual convention held here from June 20–22. The works were chosen from more than 200 entries across the country.
At the annual Public Art Year in Review conference session on June 22, two independent public art experts—Boston Architectural Center President Ted Landsmark and environmental artist Jody Pinto—presented their choices for the most exemplary, innovative permanent or temporary public art works created or debuted in 2007. This is the eighth year that Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America, has recognized public art works. The artists and commissioning organizations involved in creating and citing these public art works will receive letters of recognition and congratulations from Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch.
“As these Year in Review selections illustrate, public art enhances our lives like nothing else can.” Lynch says. “Whether subtly beautiful or vibrantly jolting, its power lay in the singular ability to make citizens stop, think, and appreciate an artistic moment, no matter how brief.”
The 45 public art works recognized by Americans for the Arts include:
STATE CITY TITLE ARTIST(S)
AZ Scottsdale Terraced Cascade Lorna Jordan
Cactus Mirage Norie Sato
CA San Francisco Crouching Spider Louise Bourgeois
San Jose Raza Writers Mel Chin
Jeanne Jabbour
Abraham Ortega
Matthew Rodriguez
Sam Rodriguez
Groundwork & Amy Trachtenberg
Shadow Frieze
San Pedro Mojo Christian Moeller
CO Denver All Together Now Roberto Behar
Rosario Marquardt
Vail Windmill Project 2007 Patrick Marold
DC Washington For the Capitol Jenny Holzer
SW Gateway G. Byron Peck
Always Becoming Nora Naranjo-Morse
FL Miami Ghost Palms Norie Sato
Ephemeral Everglades Dixie Friend Gay
Ocean Waves I and II Shan Shan Sheng
Foreverglades Narnara Neijna
Coral Eden Brad Goldberg
Orlando Untitled Al Held
Pembroke Pines Shadow Boxing Christopher Janney
PhenomenArts
Plantation Written Words Steve Gillman
Katherine Keefer
GA Atlanta Power Wrap-- Amy Landesberg
Enclosure for an
Electrical Substation
ME Portland MoonTide Garden Mags Harries
Lajos Héder
MO Maplewood If You Lived Here, Janet Zweig
You'd Be Home
NC Chapel Hill In Our Hands Larry Kirkland
Around Town Larry Kirkland
Charlotte Leaves of Grass Donald Lipski
Furrow Thomas Sayre
NJ Jersey City Indestructible Language Mary Ellen Carroll
NM Albuquerque Illusion of Place Jim Hirschfield
Sonya Ishii
NY NYC/Bronx The El Daniel Hauben
NYC/Manhattan Jumbie Camp Laura Anderson Barbata
A Psychic Vacuum Mike Nelson
NYC/Yonkers Art Trucks Nicoletta Barolini
Joseph D'Alesandro
Chuck Davidson
Tom Duncan
Joy Taylor
Patricia Villate
Long Island City Waterfront Ricky Sears
OH Columbus/OSU (M) Body Bill & Mary Buchen
Spherical Trajectory Bill & Mary Buchen
Celebration Drum Circle Bill & Mary Buchen
Columbus Wind Torchere Bill & Mary Buchen
PA Pittsburgh Trappings: Midwife Center Tiffany Ludwig
Renee Piechocki
RI Providence Embrace, The Smokestack Gillian G. Christy
Project
TN Chattanooga Ascending Path Brad Bourgoyne
Aaron P. Hussey
Nashville Ghost Ballet for the Alice Aycock
East Bank
VA Arlington CO2LED Jack Sanders
Robert Gay
Butch Anthony
WA Redmond York Bridge- Cliff Garten
Sammamish Meander Cliff Garten Studio
Seattle Fremont Peak Park Laura Haddad
The Sound of Light Richard C. Elliott
Confluences Anna Valentina Murch
Nine Spaces Nine Trees Robert Irwin
WI Bay View Edge Elements Richard Hansen
Photos and descriptions of these works will be included on Americans for the Arts’ 2008 Public Art Year in Review CD-ROM, which is available for purchase at the Americans for the Arts store at www.AmericansForTheArts.org, and is used as a planning tool for communities developing public art programs and projects. The CD-ROM is considered an invaluable visual resource by public art administrators, artists and designers, educators, libraries, universities, art commissions, and consultants.
Americans for the Arts is the leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With offices in Washington, DC, and New York City, it has a record of 48 years of service. Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Additional information is available at www.AmericansForTheArts.org.
