Scottsdale, Arizona Jana Weldon
PLACE MAKING WITH ART
to make Scottsdale one of the most desirable communities in the country in which to live, work, and visit by incorporating art and design projects throughout ď Ž
Unified Aesthetic in a Downtown Area Building on Fixing broken Windows Theory: Scottsdale Cars.
The Greenbelt
Indian Bend Project Setting
New path connection
Wash Crossing
Railroad Park Potential path connection
Existing path
Hayden Rd.
Scottsdale Rd.
Indian Bend
Flooding Wash
Wet Wash
Thomas Road Improvements Stacy Levy Artist Concept
MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT
DEPT ECONOMIC VITALITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
SCC PRESIDENT & CEO
CONTRACT ADMIN
SCC ADMIN & FINANCE
Unique Private Non-Profit
SCPA ADVISORY BOARD
SMoCA ADVISORY BOARD
SPA ADVISORY BOARD
AIPD $4.5million since 1985 Scottsdale Waterfront
* Selected Projects
Robert Indiana’s Love James Turrell’s Skyspace Knight Rise Donald Lipski’s The Doors Herb Mignery’s Hashknife Monument Passing the Legacy Soleri Bridge & Plaza
Signature Events & Artworks Exhibitions, & Installations Education & Outreach Collection Support Strong Conservation/Restoration Program
Civic Center Library Gallery 21 May – 7 Sept 2011
Soleri Bridge & Plaza
Community Engagement * You Activate the Art * You Are Part of the Magic
lifeline
LIVE THE ART. LOVE THE PLACE.
New community traditions & gatherings
Planning & Development Master Plan Advisory Committee Resident, Officials, Arts Leaders Interviews Café Conversations Town Halls Scottsdale Cultural Council Task Force Place Odyssey
How should public art change in face of fewer CIP projects? Within CIP projects, integrated design or stand alone sculpture? Where will future public art funding come from?
Temporary (events and installations) versus Permanent? How will public art best serve Scottsdale? •keep it vital? •support tourism?
Looking into the future
The Grove (Artist in Residence) by Erin V. Sotak Visit Erin at the Livery in Downtown Scottsdale (3125 N Brown Avenue) M-TH 1-4p & FRI/SAT 3-6p through OCT 2012 The Grove is a chapter in Sotak’s on-going Eternal Optimist myth series and a part of Scottsdale Public Art's Creative Residency program in cooperation with the City of Scottsdale, the owner of the Livery where Sotak is working. Read the residency blog Inside the Livery a small citrus grove grows in portable pots in front of a Waterloo pump organ. As the myth recounts, in order for the lemons to grow and turn golden, they must be serenaded with the rich notes of music. The lemons, which were originally harvested from the sea, need a generous amount of water to flourish. The Livery— a veritable desert—lacks the necessary water. As a result, Cleo (Sotak) will haul water to the lemon trees and walk them throughout downtown Scottsdale on a daily basis, requesting the aid of passing pedestrians and rewarding them with wooden optimist nickels. The Grove recalls the importance of water in the Arizona desert and the local farming history of old Scottsdale which once flourished with citrus groves.
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