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News Articles: Public Art

A storm drain mural at Hull Park in Savannah was painted as part of a public art program funded by the city in 2022.

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  • Art & Design

'Each community has a story': Savannah seeks input on inaugural master plan for public art

The final proposal will be submitted to City Council in September.

February 12, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
An archival photo of Savannah's Forsyth Park fountain circa 1902 is displayed on a new vinyl laminate covering around a traffic light cabinet at the intersection of Whitaker and Gaston Streets.

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  • Art & Design

Savannah spruces up street corners with graffiti-resistant vinyl wraps adorned with archival photos

Some traffic light utility boxes now sport easy-to-clean vinyl coatings, decked with a blast from the past.

June 12, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
the mayor and a group of artists stand shoulder to shoulder in the grass in front of a large metal monument. It has an arch with a flat top where music objects, a globe, and the face of Martin Luther King are visible on top.

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  • News

Residents celebrate a new public art corridor in Southeast Atlanta

Leaders and artists gathered at an aquatic and recreation center in Southeast Atlanta to celebrate new public art via the C.T. Martin Natatorium.

April 18, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
A new Banksy artwork near Finsbury Park in north London shows a stencil of a person having spray painted tree foliage onto a wall behind a leafless tree.

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  • Arts & Life

New Banksy mural in north London puts a little greenery in a dense neighborhood

Banksy posted before-and-after photos on Instagram of the artwork, which provides a burst of green foliage to a denuded, severely pruned tree in Islington North.

March 18, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Children activating the installation <em>America's Playground: DC</em> by artist Derrick Adams in Constitution Gardens on the National Mall.

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  • Arts & Life

A groundbreaking exhibition on the National Mall shows monuments aren't set in stone

The first official outdoor exhibition on Washington D.C.'s National Mall showcases six artists whose monuments honor American stories missing from the heart of the country's capital.

August 28, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
The Embrace, the new memorial sculpture in Boston made in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was unveiled on Friday.

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  • Arts & Life

New MLK statue in Boston is greeted with a mix of open arms, consternation and laughs

A new public art monument dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King was unveiled Friday. It immediately drew consternation and jeers as well as plaudits.

January 17, 2023
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., in July. Initial plans to remove the statue four years ago sparked the infamous Unite the Right rally where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed.

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  • National

Charlottesville's statue of Robert E. Lee will soon be melted down into public art

The Swords Into Plowshares project, led by the Jefferson School American Heritage Center, a local Black-led nonprofit, involves the statute at the heart of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.

December 07, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Mayelli Meza is painting a mural on a wall of the Oakwood Cafe in downtown Dalton.

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  • Race

Downtown mural featuring Dalton's diversity nears completion

The inspiration for wall murals came from the Dalton renaissance strategic vision, a downtown master plan, which includes examples of wall murals and public art.

November 23, 2021
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  • Associated Press

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  • Fine Art

Artist In Residence Creates Portraits Of Reform At The District Attorney's Office

"I've been an artist since I was a child," says James "Yaya" Hough. After serving 27 years in prison, he is now the first-ever artist in residence at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.

October 19, 2020
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  • Neda Ulaby
Artist Gregory Johnson proposed a 17 foot tall curved stainless steel structure with representations of Augusta's iconic azaleas at its base.

Large-Scale Sculptures To Be Installed At Augusta Gateways

Thanks to $1 million in Special-purpose Local-option Sales Tax money, Augusta will commission three large-scale sculptures to be installed at three...

August 30, 2019
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  • Drew Dawson

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