On Monday, June 16, 2008, the Fort Worth Art Commission recommended:  Tanglewood Neighborhood Association (CD 3) and Summer Creek Home Owners’ Association (CD 6). See below for project descriptions.

 

Tanglewood Neighborhood Association (CD 3) proposed to work with artist Eliseo Garcia to create a work to be sited in Overton Park at Bellaire Drive South and Overton Park West. Eliseo Garcia is a stone sculptor, who works primarily in limestone to create bas-relief columns or monoliths with imagery inspired by ancient history of Meso-American civilizations. The proposed site in Overton Park will be an ideal location for public art as it is well travelled by pedestrians and cyclists from all over the city due to the parks connection with the Trinity Trails system. The site is also highly visible to passing motorists.

  

Summer Creek Homeowners’ Association (CD 6) proposed to work with Fort Worth-based artist Michael Pavlovsky to create a work to be sited in C.P. Hadley Park near the children’s playground. Michael Pavlovsky creates bronze bas-relief sculptures, often in the shape of totems and arches with imagery that includes human, natural and archeological elements. The proposed site at C.P. Hadley offers excellent opportunities for public art for this neighborhood. Although the park is small, there are plans to connect it with other park land to create a larger linear park which would be accessible to four surrounding neighborhoods and would include a trail system.

                                          

Example of past work by Eliseo Garcia,                                                                 Example of past work by Michael Pavlovsky,
Texas Serenade, 2007                                                                                           Column of Change, 1996
 

Now that the selections have been approved by the Art Commission at their June 16, 2008 meeting, the artists will be placed under a design agreement and will begin meeting with the neighborhood groups to start developing concepts for these projects. Once the artists have created design proposals, they will receive input from the residents, relevant City staff and finally will present the refined proposals to the Art Commission in August or September 2008 for approval. Once the final designs are approved, a request will be submitted to City Council to authorize placing the artists under contract to fabricate and install the artwork. Those projects will be completed by early Fall 2009.

 

FWPA staff will be evaluating this pilot year’s guidelines and processes to make improvements to the initiative which will be launched next year. Stay tuned for updates…

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