| City Scraps Downtown ASU Art Project
Members of Phoenix's art community said they were shocked at the decision by City Hall to scrap a $2.4 million public art piece for a downtown park. Some members of the Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission said they wondered if someone in City Hall thinks the art work, which resembles a floating jellyfish, would reignite debate over what is proper public art. Boston-based artist Janet Echelman was chosen by the arts panel in April to create the piece for part of the downtown Arizona State University campus. The proposal called for a 100-foot-wide piece, made of flexible nets that move with the wind and rise about 55 feet above the park. Mayor Phil Gordon said in a statement the art work was "not a lot of return" for $2.4 million, saying the piece would only withstand the elements for a decade.
Phoenix scraps plans for downtown ‘flying art’
Members of Phoenix's art community say they are shocked at the decision by City Hall to scrap a $2.4 million public art piece for a downtown park. Some members of the Phoenix Arts and Culture Commission say they wonder if someone in City Hall thinks the art work, which resembles a floating jellyfish, will reignite debate over what's proper public art. Boston-based artist Janet Echelman was chosen by the arts panel in April to create the piece for part of the downtown Arizona State University campus. The proposal called for a 100-foot-wide piece, made of flexible nets that move with the wind and rise about 55 feet above the park. Mayor Phil Gordon said in a statement the art work was "not a lot of return" for $2.4 million, saying the piece would only withstand the elements for a decade.
School district sets Christmas program
The students of the Cleveland School District will once again fill Walter Sillers Coliseum at Delta State University for the fourth annual Sights and Sounds of Christmas program. The event will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and is free to the public.
"We will be featuring student art work and musical performances," said Interim Supt. Dr. Jackie Thigpen. "All schools in the district will be represented, so this is a good view of the district as a whole."
Thigpen said that fine arts instructors from each school gathered to plan the event and "hit the ground running."
Thigpen noted that the Cleveland High School Brass Quintet will perform, as well as the East Side High School Choir.
"Bell Elementary Chorus will sing Lipson's Boogie and the Nailor Elementary School Singers will also perform," she said.
Family Friendly: Animals Speak Through Art
Eureka Springs wildlife artist Susan Morrison beams when she talks about children who came to see her Animal Tracks solo exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.The environmental education program Animal Tracks, supported by Wal-Mart and adopted by the National Wildlife Federation, was used in Washington schools, she explains. So students bused to the exhibit ran to point out "their" animals, familiar to them from posters in their schools."They had ownership of this art," she says. "It moved us to tears."Starting this weekend, a retrospective of Morrison's work titled "America's Wildlife and Wildlands: The Journeys of Susan Morrison" is on show through Feb. 24 at Crystal Bridges at the Massey in Bentonville.The exhibit, featuring Morrison's acclaimed etchings and drawings of wildlife and wildlands from across the United States, will get a family-friendly kickoff Saturday.
The Best Art Videos On The Web
November 24, 1957 - World-famous Mexican painter influenced by C�zanne, an active communist, and a husband of Frida Kahlo, died in 1957. Rivera's large wall works in fresco established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with works by Orozco, Siqueiros, and others. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, New York City. His 1931 retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City was their second. Rivera paintings are exhibited by many of the greatest museums. When his patron discovered in 1933 that Rivera had painted a portrait of Lenin in the mural Man at the Crossroads at Rockefeller Center, Nelson Rockefeller angrily insisted the figure be painted out. Rivera refused and Rockefeller fired him and destroyed the unfinished work.
Nigeria: MTV Base, Shell Promote African Music
Pan-African music entertainment network, MTV Networks Africa and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), are partnering in Nigeria in an uplifting campaign designed to boost Africa's contemporary music industry. The two brands have joined forces to develop the continent's music video industry, improving creative and technical skills among budding music video directors and moviemakers. .
Ten must-visit European hotels
Trying to pick the top 10 among luxury hotels in Europe is like trying to pick just one from a box of Fauchon chocolates. You know anything you choose will be delicious so it's going to come down to very personal preference. Some people prefer nuts over jellies, the way some people prefer decadent thread counts over bathtub size. In Pictures: Ten must-visit European hotels "There are 10 great choices in Paris alone," says Misty Ewing, spokeswoman for luxury travel network Virtuoso. Still, if she had to pick just one in Paris, it would have to be the Four Seasons Georges V. What sets it apart from the ultra-posh pack? .
|
