Archive for the ‘Cleveland Public Art’ Category
Every two years, a landscape architect is chosen through a juried competition to create an installation for the Cleveland Public Art Park. The 2009 incarnation, from Eventscape, Toronto, Ont., Canada, celebrates both Cleveland’s industrial heritage and its new “green” environmental agenda. The fabric-clad organic futuristic forms make a powerful visual impact on a number of [...]
Eleven rafts built from plastic bottles and cast offs made for an eye-catching regattaSaturday on Lake Erie. GreenCityBlueLake collaborated with theCleveland Urban Design Collaborativeand Environmental Health Watch to build and sail a junk raft. Marine biologist and activist Dr. Marcus Eriksen—who discovered plastic in the bellies of fish and birds while trolling a giant plastic patch floating [...]
the Bike Rack Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 1951 West 26th Street, Suite 101, Cleveland, OH 44113 5.30 – 9pm 30 artists (including the yours truly as part of a Cleveland “Dream Team” with David Jurca and Guari Torgalkar) from across Greater Cleveland submitted public art ideas for the facade of a new bike station planned for [...]
Thursday, October 1st, 2009 Hey all you “hipster wanna be’s,” you “courier boys,” and those of us who just like a great spin around the city, don’t miss this weeks unveiling of the Bike Rack at Cleveland Public Art. The event stems from a call for ideas…30 artists from across Greater Cleveland submitted public art ideas [...]
“Cleveland Museum of Art and Cleveland Public Art will install a piece that helps set the mood for its Summer Solstice Celebration on June 20th. Beginning June 15th, artist (and CIA graduate) Mark Reigelman will create Wood Pile, a temporary (one night) installation on the perimeter of CMA’s newly finished East Wing. Running along East Boulevard, Wood [...]
“Cleveland Public Art and the city are seeking design ideas for a permanent public art project at the Gateway bike parking station, which is being built this fall. ‘The challenge of the project is to energize (a cluttered) space, and create a visual landmark for the cycling community.’ What’s encouraged: 3-D, color, recycled and/or environmentally [...]
“Due: August 14, 2009 5pm Cleveland Public Arts Office 1951 W 26th St. #101 Call For Entries See Also is an annual program of the Cleveland Public Library in partnership with Cleveland Public Art that invites artists, designers, and other creative professionals to create temporary public art projects in the Eastman Reading Garden. The program [...]
“Deadline: June 26th, 2009 ‘Cleveland Public Art in partnership with the City of Cleveland invites interested artists, designers, architects, and other creative professionals to submit design ideas for a permanent public art project that will call attention to and raise the visibility of a new commuter bike facility being constructed in downtown Cleveland. This project [...]


