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CENTER STREET PUBLIC ART PROJECT BACKGROUND:
Thank you for your interest in the City’s Downtown Public Art Project. As part of the Center Street Streetscape Project, the City made plans to incorporate public art into the street transformation and design. Four round-a-bouts were created where Chestnut Street, Mulberry Street, Spruce Street and Pine Street intersect with Center Street as part of downtown’s recent transformation. These round-a-bouts were created to manage traffic flow at the intersections throughout the corridor and designed to serve as platforms for significantly sized sculptor pieces. Five additional platforms for smaller sculpture pieces were created due to expressed public interest several years ago. These sites are located at: the 100 block of the northbound side of Center Street, the entrance of the John Street Public Parking Lot, the center median of the 100 block of N. Center Street, the center median of the 100 block of S. Center Street, the center median of the 300 block of S. Center Street and at the Elm Street intersection of Center Street. The City leases public art pieces for one year in these areas. The lease method allows us to annually rotate new pieces into the spaces to continuously add an element of excitement and interest to downtown. Another benefit to this approach is that it is much less expensive to lease than to purchase in the near and long term.
SELECTION PROCESS:
Before: City staff requested the assistance of people representing various interests to serve on a steering committee, now named the Public Art Steering Committee (PASC). Approximately six people serve as standing members on the PASC. Each year, we make a call for applications to enlist additional people to help us with the selection for that year. It is our hope that this will broaden the perspectives that make the annual selections. This year we had 19 additional people ranging in age from 14 to 63+ of different backgrounds, gender, race and professions who helped with the selections. The City also hired a public art consultant to help identify possible pieces through a nationwide Call for Artists and guide us in the process. Mr. Jim Davis of Sculptor in the Landscape, a company based in Cary, NC, was selected to assist the City with this effort. Mr. Davis is a landscape architect that specializes in placing sculptor in public spaces. Sixty-one pieces from ten states were submitted by artists for consideration. Based on preferences, size, dimensions, scale/mass, past pieces, material and availability, the PASC created a shortlist for further consideration. These pieces were created by professional artists from across the country. This shortlist includes the pieces featured on this site.
Now: We are asking you, the public, to provide your responses to the inventory shown below. This is not a voting process but we do wish to hear your reactions to the pieces to help us understand which pieces might work best for downtown Goldsboro at this time, in your opinion. We invite you to participate via the comment opportunities provided under each piece until Friday, August 7 at 11:59 p.m., at which time we will retrieve all the comments provided on the City’s website, compile them and prepare them for the PASC’s review. The PASC will take these comments and feedback into consideration and narrow the shortlist to nine pieces and present those in the form of a recommendation for the City Council’s consideration and ultimate decision of four at their August 17, 2020 Council Work Session meeting.
POST SELECTION EXPECTATIONS:
The chosen pieces will be installed October 16, 2020, with an Art Installation Ceremony at noon. Come join us to learn more about the selected art pieces and meet the artists.
THANK YOU:
A special thanks to the following people that serve on the PASC and helped guide the process that will incorporate art into our downtown. The 2020-21 PASC members include: Scott Satterfield, Randy Guthrie, Jennifer Collins, Georgia Dees, Andrea Freile, Chretien Dumond, Casey Mozingo, Michelle Seymour, David Martin, Sharon Carter, Adam Twiss, David Tufano, Brittani Schultze-Gardner, Chuck Snipes, Starr Whitmore, Sam Borwick, Edna Carole Battle, Tracy Howell, Ellen Bland, LaToya Stallings, Kim Kastner, Valerie Lechner, Pat Nunn, Julian Lucas and Octavius Murphy.
Thank you for your interest in the City’s Downtown Public Art Project. As part of the Center Street Streetscape Project, the City made plans to incorporate public art into the street transformation and design. Four round-a-bouts were created where Chestnut Street, Mulberry Street, Spruce Street and Pine Street intersect with Center Street as part of downtown’s recent transformation. These round-a-bouts were created to manage traffic flow at the intersections throughout the corridor and designed to serve as platforms for significantly sized sculptor pieces. Five additional platforms for smaller sculpture pieces were created due to expressed public interest several years ago. These sites are located at: the 100 block of the northbound side of Center Street, the entrance of the John Street Public Parking Lot, the center median of the 100 block of N. Center Street, the center median of the 100 block of S. Center Street, the center median of the 300 block of S. Center Street and at the Elm Street intersection of Center Street. The City leases public art pieces for one year in these areas. The lease method allows us to annually rotate new pieces into the spaces to continuously add an element of excitement and interest to downtown. Another benefit to this approach is that it is much less expensive to lease than to purchase in the near and long term.
SELECTION PROCESS:
Before: City staff requested the assistance of people representing various interests to serve on a steering committee, now named the Public Art Steering Committee (PASC). Approximately six people serve as standing members on the PASC. Each year, we make a call for applications to enlist additional people to help us with the selection for that year. It is our hope that this will broaden the perspectives that make the annual selections. This year we had 19 additional people ranging in age from 14 to 63+ of different backgrounds, gender, race and professions who helped with the selections. The City also hired a public art consultant to help identify possible pieces through a nationwide Call for Artists and guide us in the process. Mr. Jim Davis of Sculptor in the Landscape, a company based in Cary, NC, was selected to assist the City with this effort. Mr. Davis is a landscape architect that specializes in placing sculptor in public spaces. Sixty-one pieces from ten states were submitted by artists for consideration. Based on preferences, size, dimensions, scale/mass, past pieces, material and availability, the PASC created a shortlist for further consideration. These pieces were created by professional artists from across the country. This shortlist includes the pieces featured on this site.
Now: We are asking you, the public, to provide your responses to the inventory shown below. This is not a voting process but we do wish to hear your reactions to the pieces to help us understand which pieces might work best for downtown Goldsboro at this time, in your opinion. We invite you to participate via the comment opportunities provided under each piece until Friday, August 7 at 11:59 p.m., at which time we will retrieve all the comments provided on the City’s website, compile them and prepare them for the PASC’s review. The PASC will take these comments and feedback into consideration and narrow the shortlist to nine pieces and present those in the form of a recommendation for the City Council’s consideration and ultimate decision of four at their August 17, 2020 Council Work Session meeting.
POST SELECTION EXPECTATIONS:
The chosen pieces will be installed October 16, 2020, with an Art Installation Ceremony at noon. Come join us to learn more about the selected art pieces and meet the artists.
THANK YOU:
A special thanks to the following people that serve on the PASC and helped guide the process that will incorporate art into our downtown. The 2020-21 PASC members include: Scott Satterfield, Randy Guthrie, Jennifer Collins, Georgia Dees, Andrea Freile, Chretien Dumond, Casey Mozingo, Michelle Seymour, David Martin, Sharon Carter, Adam Twiss, David Tufano, Brittani Schultze-Gardner, Chuck Snipes, Starr Whitmore, Sam Borwick, Edna Carole Battle, Tracy Howell, Ellen Bland, LaToya Stallings, Kim Kastner, Valerie Lechner, Pat Nunn, Julian Lucas and Octavius Murphy.
