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Urgent call to Save the Arts in New York State!
On April 27, New York State Governor David Paterson proposed a 40% cut in funding the New York State Council on the Arts‘ (NYSCA) local assistance grant funding, a program responsible for the approximately 2500 grants each year given out to New York-based arts organizations with the goal of “preserving and expanding the rich and [...]
June 3rd Can’t Come Fast Enough…!
This Saturday morning I awoke to find a press release from Creative Time in my inbox. CT is an organization behind some of the most innovative Public Art projects in NYC but I was particularly impressed by their latest offering: artist Paul Ramírez Jonas’ interactive project, Key to the City. Although it seems a somewhat [...]
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Whatever Works!
The Art Production Fund‘s WOW (Works on Whatever) project has just launched a new product: dinner plates, featuring the work of Rudolf Stingel, the same artist who collaborated with the APF back in 2004, covering the floor of Grand Central Stations Vanderbilt Hall with floral carpeting. Read a bit about his latest creation HERE on [...]
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What's Happening in Public Art This Week: 4/21
This Wednesday, the 21st, Emerging Leaders of New York Arts will be hosting a Creative Conversation on impact of Public Art called “Public (Art x Space).” I know I’ll be in attendance. All the need-to-know information is below. It promises to be a lively and informative evening. In recent years, New York City has become [...]
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Quote of the Day
In their article on the best public art installations of the first ten years of the new millennium, electronicbeats.net, a music and lifestyle website, declares the surge of temporary public art installations around the world to be “the most eye-catching movement that arose in [the last decade].” A validating statement if ever I heard one! Below [...]
We Like Your Style, LA!
This slipped by us but not by ArtBridge friend, Chris Northrup, who was kind enough to pass along the information this week about a Los Angeles victory for Art in the ongoing Art vs. Advertising battle. Better late than never, I say! Garish billboards are no stranger to Los Angeles– there’s even a non-profit organization, [...]
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We're Excited About…
It’s a Summery day here in the City and with the arrival of the sun and heat has come an idea: a weekly posting highlighting what’s worth knowing about in the Realm of Public Art. This week for our first entry, I’d like introduce you to a London and NYC-based Public Arts organization called wasted [...]
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The Public Art Network: a Real Gem of a Website
We at ArtBridge are always looking for informative websites about Public Art here in NYC and beyond and thanks to some early morning searching on twitter, have stumbled upon what seems like the definitive site: The Public Art Network. If you haven’t yet had a look, we strongly recommend you do so. What really stands [...]
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The DOT launches the reNEWable Time Square RFP
Beautifying the City’s many public spaces has been on our minds since the founding of ArtBridge in the Fall of 2008 and we’re happy to know that it’s a top priority for the Department of Transportation, too. Just this week, they released a Request for Proposals for their latest initiative, reNEWable Times Square. Like ArtBridge, [...]
Times Square: A River of Public Art