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Times Square: A River of Public Art

You can’t step into the same river twice, as the saying goes, and the same can be said for Times Square. Lights flicker, LCD screens flash, peanuts candy, tourists stop, look up, and cross the street. It has a rhythm all its own. In the last few years we’ve seen the busy intersection respond to [...]
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This Week in Public Art: The Public Art Fund’s Statuesque

This week has been a busy one in the world of Public Art. Not only have we launched our Call for Entries for the 2010/2011 exhibition year, but Creative Time’s Key to the City project opened on June 3rd and the Public Art Fund unveiled their new exhibition, Statuesque in City Hall Park. Whew! I’m [...]
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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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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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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, [...]
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Maya Barkai’s "Walking Men 99" unveiled at 99 Church Street

Since the 2007 launch of their “Re:Construction” initiative, our friends at the Alliance for Downtown New York have been channeling “the energy of Downtown’s rebuilding process by recasting construction sites as canvasses for innovative public art and architecture.” Their most recent installation, “Walking Men 99,” by photographer Maya Barkai, will be unveiled at 99 Church [...]
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ArtBridge Installation on Google Streetview!

The title of this post says it all. Have a look for yourself HERE. Seen any other public art around the City captured with Street View? Send us your screen shots and we’ll post a few of our favorites next week!
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Thursday: AIA's urbanSHED Competition Finalist Presentations

Looking for something different to do this week? Why not stop by the American Institutes of Architects this Thursday evening to see the finalists present their proposals for the re-imagining of the urban shed? Over 150 individuals and design teams responded to the AIA’s Fall ’09 call for entries and after a rigorous juried selection [...]
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Public Art Fund's Call for Entries for "In The Public Realm"

Happy New Year public art makers and appreciators! Our friends over at Public Art Fund have recently put out a call for entries for In the Public Realm 2010, a program that, according to their website, is “designed to champion innovative public art projects by New York-based emerging artists.” As we know from our March [...]
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