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JANUARY 2013 News Briefs Brief items from the past month related to public art in Florida

from the Florida Association of Public Art Professionals (FAPAP)

FLORIDA 1) MARK YOUR CALENDARS – FAPAP CONFERENCE:

Reaching Across the Aisle: Public Art Partnerships

May 9 -11, 2013 (noon to noon) in Clearwater and surrounding area

Put it on your calendar NOW and look for more details soon.

2) Time to RENEW your membership for 2013. FAPAP is working on a map of Public Art Programs in the

state. Make sure your public art program is a member so that it will be highlighted as such on the map!

We have identified over 60 public art programs in the state of Florida!

Renewals can be made through PayPal at the FAPAP web site: www.floridapublicart.org

BROWARD 1) An interview with Public Artist and Board member Beth Ravitz about the artist in residence project for

the Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport: http://wlrn.org/post/how-your-art-can-really-

take#.ULorKmKX39w.mailto

2) The Broward Cultural Division has issued a press release related to their inclusion in the Public

Art Archive. It reads as follows:

Broward County Cultural Division is pleased to announce that its 243 piece public art collection

can now be found on The Public Art Archive website. [info on the Public Art Archive].

Visitors to the Public Art Archive website will find detailed information on a wide variety of

Broward County artworks, from a sculptural installation that depicts the 3000 year history of

the written word in Libros at Northwest Regional Library, to a complete integrated circular

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space with intricately-designed wall panels and terrazzo floor designed with wavy lines of

different colors to commemorate the Middle Passage route of slave ships from West Africa

across the Atlantic Ocean to America in The Harrambe Room, at the African-American Research

Library and Cultural Center. In Broward County Parks artworks can take a viewer through the

colorful front doors of the Secret Woods Nature Center Exhibition Hall which features a glass

mosaic fresco that represents the flight of butterflies or allow visitors to Sunshine Ranches

Equestrian Park to witness the winter and summer solstice through two saddle-shaped forms

made of concrete, placed to align with sun rises and sets during those times.

Broward County is proud to be a part of this initiative!”

FORT MYERS Here’s a nice article on Fort Myers public art program and consultant Barbara Hill.

http://www.examiner.com/article/spotlight-on-fort-myers-public-art-committee-consultant-barbara-anderson-

hill

Photo by Tom Hall, 2012

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PALATKA The City of Palatka and the Arts Council of Greater Palatka has been awarded an Our Town grant part of which will be used for public art on the river front park on the St. Johns River.

ST. PETERSBURG St. Petersburg-based public artist Cecilia Lueza is currently installing a series of art benches commissioned by the

city of Lewiston, Idaho. The four seasons provided the inspiration for the aluminum, concrete, and mosic glass

tile benches.

CALLS FOR ART PALATKA $25,000 for Art in Public Places for the river front park on the St. Johns River. Information at http://palatka-fl.gov or http://palatka-fl.gov/?page_id=2293 Deadline March 8.

PLEASE LET US KNOW Let us know about any public art related news from your area – new art work, loss of art work, press or

legislation affecting the arts, new personnel, etc. Send news of the month to Terry.Olson@ocfl.net by the 1st of

the following month.

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