ART
Frank Anselmo and Josh Rosenman.
The artwork, submitted jointly to the city council on Jan.
27 by the Mets organization and St. Lucie County, will be installed
as soon as possible — the stadium is currently undergoing
renovation. The Mets and the county estimate the art
will cost them around $50,000.
Advocates say there’s good reason for focusing on public
art: It makes people like their community more.
It can help create attachment to a community, explains
Jared Green in an article written for the American Society of
Landscape Architects. Based on a survey of thousands of people
conducted by Gallup for the Knight Foundation, Green
said people are more likely to feel emotionally attached to
a place because of its art, its parks and its green spaces than
because of education, safety and the local economy.
The foundation also cited social offerings — opportunities
for social interaction and citizen caring; and openness; how
welcoming the community is to different people — as major
drivers of feelings of attachment.
MORE COMING
This year, as the Art in Public Places program is taking off,
residents can expect to enjoy three intriguing new sculptures
on city-owned land — one for a frequently traveled roundabout,
one in front of city hall and a third at the Port St. Lucie
Botanical Gardens.
Relate, Michael Szabo’s graceful bronze and stainless steel
sculpture resembling orchid leaves is slated for permanent
installation at the Bayshore Boulevard and Selvitz Road
roundabout. Lighting will give motorists a dramatic view after
dark. The city council agreed to pay $200,000 for the piece
The graceful Duo by Charles Strain was installed by The Grove apartments
in lieu of paying into the public art fund.
from the public art fund.
Influx by Cecilia Lueza, shaped like the curl of an ocean
wave, will be placed on a base now being constructed at city
hall. Her 12-foot-high sculpture in shades of blue and green,
lighted at night, will be on view for two years, after which
it will be replaced by another sculpture. The public art fund
will pay $10,000 for the two-year use of the sculpture. The
site is intended for temporary art installations..
At the Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens a sculpture now being
fabricated will display a familiar looking tray of Scrabble
tiles spelling out IMAG_NE, engaging the viewer who has to >>
IMAG_NE, a sculpture being fabricated now for placement at Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens will make many viewers smile as they recognize the Scrabble
tiles and fill in the blank. This photo is a rendering showing what the finished sculpture will look like.
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