Awards

Many of the public art projects in Memphis have received national and international recognition, including:

Cooper Young Trestle

by Jill Turman, Americans for the Arts "Public Art Year in Review", 2000

Outdoor Walkway at the Memphis/Shelby County Public Library

by Brad and Diana Goldberg and Garrison Roots, Americans for the Arts "Public Art Year in Review", 2001

"Whirl"

by John Medwedeff, Top Job Award for Metal Sculpture by the National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association, 2002

Cannon Center Plaza at Front and Poplar

by Vito Acconci and Acconci Studios, featured in ID Magazine and in a traveling exhibit

Cannon Center Plaza; Untitled Sculptures

by Vito Acconci and Acconci Studios, and by John Salvest, Americans for the Arts "Public Art Year in Review", 2004

Madison Avenue Line - Orleans Station Mosaic columns

by Jeanne Seagle, selected for inclusion in the American Society of Mosaic Artists' Mosaic Arts International, 2007

In addition, the UAC received the Center City Commission's 2002 Vision Award.