Public Art • Placemaking • City Design
Mural Arts Philadelphia and Parkway Corporation are dedicating a mural, Expanding Perspective, by Brad Carney and Michael Conrad, Tuesday morning, May 21. The mural, on a five-story parking garage in Center City Philadelphia, presents viewers with an optical illusion: Colorful … Continued
Westrum Development is seeking an artist or artist team to create public artworks in a variety of media in a new public space that is part of The Hub at 31 Brewerytown project. The commission would include at least two … Continued
This summer the Arts Center of the Capital Region and the City of Troy will together present “Troy Summer Square” at Troy’s Monument Square. “Summer Square” will be a key public engagement component for the Troy Master Plan for Public … Continued
Artist Nate Harris has begun installing five new artworks at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, which has evolved from its days as a military base into an office and industrial area, including firms such as an active shipyard and the … Continued
I’m pleased to be working for my hometown, Narberth PA., as its public art consultant on a project to replace the bridge that connects the north and south sides of our borough. It’s a small but sweet project, involving the … Continued
The Mural Arts Program’s Open Source exhibition took a second step forward yesterday when French artist JR began posting a portrait of a immigrant on the side wall of a Center City office building. As WHYY’s Peter Crimmins put it: JR, who … Continued
For the past eighteen months I have been helping the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program plan and launch a new social practice residency, the Neighborhood Time Exchange. The project grew out of a muraLAB event in 2012, at which I invited … Continued
The Ballston Business Improvement District, in Arlington, Va., seeks to commission multiple temporary public art installations that explore the interaction of art, science and technology in public space. The projects would be presented as an ongoing series in spring, 2014. We … Continued
Ten years ago, I worked with artist Jody Pinto and art consultant Charlotte Cohen to help the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture, organize one-day public art festival. Over the last decade that festival has spurred an ongoing inquiry into … Continued
