On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:46 PM, Kevin Vaughan-Brubaker <KevinV@scottsdalearts.org> wrote:

Hi Julia,

 

You might look at our recently completed project by Mary Lucking. The idea was: what books would a bird read. We held community input sessions where people suggested books. We then got permission to display actual pages from the books as part of the bird/book sculpture idea. This is on the grounds of Mustang Library and the new Mustang Transit Center.

 

http://scottsdalepublicart.org/permanent-art/curiosities

 

Best,

 

Kevin

 

From: public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com [mailto:public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Julia Moore
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 8:16 AM
To: public_art_network@americansforthearts.simplelists.com
Subject: Public art inspired by literary heritage?

 

For a potential future project, I'm looking for examples of outdoor public art that was inspired by a city or state's literary heritage.  Example: we've already done two large and v. popular portrait murals of internationally prominent authors associated with Indianapolis, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Mari Evans. I'm not looking for more portrait-type work, though, because we have that covered! We also have plenty of examples of projects that solicit new poetry or literary compositions from contemporary authors to place in public (we have a lovely set of poetry bus shelters to talk about that format, plus, of course, sidewalk poetry), and projects that make books available free to the public (we have a Free Library type public art project called The Public Collection). 

 

I'm looking for highly innovative temporary work, permanent work, performative work, sound pieces, engagement/social practice initiatives--any format that highlights or is inspired by specific books and authors local to a place, or encourages people to get more involved in public as listeners, readers, and writers by drawing specifically on local literary history. I've looked on the Year in Review extensively and a bit on Public Art Archive; I'm particularly soliciting information on projects that may not have made it there (or, in the case of the PAA, not easily found). Budgets associated with the projects would be very helpful.

 

Thanks in advance!
--

Julia Muney Moore
Director of Public Art

Arts Council of Indianapolis

 

924 N. Pennsylvania St.
Indianapolis, IN  46204

(317) 631-3301 x240

(317) 332-8382 mobile

jmoore@indyarts.org

http://www.IndyArts.org 

To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://archives.simplelists.com

To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=Ij2IQgwFmOvsRLwIgVh7kb8KBiBUZ8Qf