25 SQ PUBLIC ART INITIATIVE
Sign up & get involved in 25 SQ Soulsville Public Art Project!
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS - We look forward to your participation!
Paint colorful boards for neighborhood locations at the Stax to the Max Festival.
WHEN: Sun., April 28, 12-4pm (date postponed due to rain on Sat.!)
WHERE: Stax Museum - rear, 926 E. McLemore Ave., Memphis TN 38106
View the photo album on our Facebook page.
Join South Memphis painter Darlene Newman and Team Artists to work on murals, mosaics or recycled public art projects for the Soulsville U.S.A. neighborhood!
To sign up for art making sessions or to donate materials please email Darlene Newman at
darlenesart(at)gmail.com
Contact Dorian Spears, Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team, with general 25 SQ questions
dorian.spears [at] memphistn [dot] gov or (901) 730-2526
Read the Community Charrette Findings of Oct. 13, 2012.
Get up to speed on the 25 SQ Soulsville Public Art Initiative's Who, What, Where, When.
Read the 25 SQ article in the Memphis Flyer of March 21, 2013 or Karen Pulfer Focht's "A Thousand Words" in the Commercial Appeal of April 21, 2013.
Project Overview
Join the UrbanArt Commission and the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team to plan public art the three 25 SQ neighborhoods of Mempis–South Memphis, Crosstown/Madison and Binghampton! UrbanArt is providing consulting services to the Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team and its 25 SQ public art initiative, which targets reduction of the 53,000 vacant structures and/or lots in the City of Memphis. The 25 SQ Public Art Initiative will commission and install a series of high-impact, low-budget public art projects in 2013. The following community-based artists have been identified to work on creating public art at sites located in the following three 25 SQ neighborhoods of Memphis
• Darlene Newman – South Memphis / Soulsville
• Frank D. Robinson – Binghampton
• Shea Colburn – Madison/Overton Square/Crosstown
Learn more about 25 SQ in the project summary or at www.innovatememphis.com.
This project is supported in part by an ArtsMemphis Mosaic Grant.
ENVISIONING TWO NEW, ARTIST-DESIGNED MATA BUS SHELTERS FOR BINGHAMPTON
Invitation to submit comments at West Memorials and at Lester Community Center.
Download the Bus Shelter Concept Drawing PDF and email comments to info [at] urbanartcommission [dot] org.
Carol May and Tim Watkins were selected by the MATA Binghampton Bus Shelters Selection Committee to design, fabricate, and install two functional bus shelters for two future MATA Bus Stops in the neighborhood. May & Watkins Design has developed a series of concept sketches for the project and invite community feedback.
Bus Shelter Concept Exhibit Info
DATES: FRIDAY, APRIL 19 – FRIDAY, MAY 3
West Memorials, 2481 Broad Avenue | Hours: Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm
Special viewing during Broad Avenue Art Walk, Friday, April 19, 5-10pm
Lester Community Center, 317 Tillman Street | Hours: Monday-Friday 11am-7pm | Saturday, 9am-2pm
Download the MATA Binghampton Bus Shelters press release.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
West Tennessee Art Education Association: Spring 2013 Regional Conference
Memphis College of Art Graduate School on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 8:30am-3:30pm
Christina Lanzl, Executive Director of the Urban Art Commission, will speak in the line-up of leaders in the arts, music and culture of greater Memphis. Cost: $45
MCA Nesin Graduate School, 477 S. Main St. Memphis, TN 38103
For additional information and to register, please email jharants [at] scsk12 [dot] org or call 901.277.5302.
The International Sculpture Center (ISC)
2013 Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand on February 14, 2013, 11:30-1pm
Christina Lanzl, Executive Director of the Urban Art Commission, moderated the session on Public Art at Auckland Art Gallery. Panelists were
Jack Becker Founder and Executive Director of FORECAST Public Art and the Journal Public Art Review
David Cross, Associate Professor in Fine Arts & Director of Postgraduate, College of Creative Arts at Massey University
Carole Anne Meehan, Manager of Public Art, Community Development Arts and Culture of the Auckland Council
For additional information, please visit the symposium website.
Tennessee Public Transportation Conference
Cook Convention Center, Memphis, TN on Oct. 17, 2012, 2-3:30pm
Whitney Ranson, Director of Public Art at the Urban Art Commission, presented on the MATA workshop Local and State Partnerships & Coalitions. Moderated by Tom Fox, MATA Deputy General Manager, additional speakers were Ed Cole, The Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee, and Larry Smith, Shelby County Health Department. Access the conference agenda.
23rd International Sculpture Conference Process, Patron, Public
Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL on October 4, 2012, 2-3:30pm
Christina Lanzl, Executive Director of the Urban Art Commission, chaired the Thursday, October 4 panel with curator Mary Jane Jacob, sound artist Bill Fontana and Elizabeth Keithline of the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, titled SCULPTURE, CULTURE AND URBANITY: Exploring the boundaries of art in public spaces.
For additional information, please visit the conference website.
Fall 2012 Public Art Collection Dedications by the UrbanArt Commission
City of Memphis Percent-for-Art Program
DISTRICT 7 DOGWOOD GATEWAY
N. Hollywood and Chelsea
ARTIST: THE METAL MUSEUM
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 3:30-5:30PM
For additional information, download the invitation and the press release.
LEGACIES
CHICKASAW HERITAGE PARK (formerly DeSoto Park)
374 Metal Museum Drive, Memphis 38106
ARTIST: VINNIE BAGWELL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 3-4PM
For additional information, download the invitation and the press release.
THE WAVE
TOBEY PARK SKATE PARK
ARTIST: MARK NOWELL
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 3-5 PM
For additional information, download the invitation and the press release.
STEEL GUITAR
LEVITT SHELL, OVERTON PARK
ARTIST: CHRISTOPHER FENNELL
RESCHEDULED DEDICATION TBA (ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FRIDAY, AUGUST 31)
