Jean Greer,

Thursday, April 19th

"From Studio to Site "

7:00 p.m. No Charge

Jean Greer’s presentation will illuminate the process of planning and placing art in public spaces, including common challenges and pitfalls. She will discuss the progression of public art from the initial idea to final
installation and the impact of success.

Jean Greer joined the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg in March 2000 as the Vice President for Public Art. Prior to her appointment at ASC, Greer served as Public Art and Design Administrator for the Broward County Cultural Affairs Division in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She has administeredmajor projects for airports and civic arenas, streetscapes, parks, public libraries and neighborhoods.

Persistence of Vision, 2007
Helmick + Schechter
Mecklenburg County Courthouse
Charlotte, NC

Norie Sato , March 28, 2007
"Context and Meaning "

Renowned public artist, Norie Sato of Seattle, Washington will give a presentation entitled “Context and Meaning.” Sato’s art for public spaces has incorporated individual, collaborative and design team work as well as planning projects. She says of her work, “I try to make spaces that are humane, respectful, and I hope meaningful… maybe even inspiring.” Her presentation will explore how she uses intangible elements such as place, history, future, geography and narrative to create additional layers of meaning in public spaces.

Slides, 2005, Norie Sato

Detail Window A (1 of 3)
Iowa State Labaoratories, Iowa

Glass enamel & sandblased glass

Barbara Grygutis,

Tuesday, December 5th

"Evolving Venues in Public Art "

Page-Walker Arts and History Center

7:00 p.m. No Charge

Nationally renowned artist, Barbara Grygutis will discuss how public art has changed and evolved over the last 15 years and will explore the array of opportunities in the field of public art through a review of her work.

The presentation will be immediately followed by a reception and the CVA 2006 Annual Meeting.

Artifact I
Barbara Grygutis
Tempe, AZ

Dian Magie, April 18, 2006
"On the Road Again...Creative Transportation Design"

The lecture by Dian Magie will feature examples of creative transportation design projects in cities across the country including road improvements, street amenities, bridges, pedestrian walkways, over/under passes, bike paths, parking, landscape, alternative mass transit design, and highway landmark gateways.

Grasshopper Bridge, 1997
Ed Carpenter
Phoenix, Arizona

Jack Mackie, November 1, 2005
"The Past: A Gateway to the Future "

Jack Mackie is a public artist who resides in Seattle, Washington. In twenty-six years of practice in the discipline of public art he has participated in major urban redevelopment and new construction projects including serving as project artist for the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, Seattle; design team artist on the Demonbreun Street Bridge, Nashville, TN; and commissioned artist for the Health Sciences Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin.

Jack Mackie presented an examination of public art as a civic design tool that places artists into community planning and our built environment decision-making processes. As diverse and complex as they are, America’s rural and urban communities can share many strategies for the inclusion of public art as a defining civic tool. Mr. Mackie presented a variety of venues for public art, partners, support mechanisms, and funding approaches within available resources required to support relevant creative work through civic issues facing America.

Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan, October 11, 2005
"Art into Context"

Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan strive to create art that is functionally as well as conceptually integrated into its site, and use sculptural pieces to define holistic spatial experiences through which people interact with their surroundings. Their public art incorporates shifting viewer perspectives and environmental processes that transform surfaces and forms of the art. The Seattle-based artists will discuss the generative process and concepts behind their work, illustrating the talk with a range of projects in Washington, California, Maine, Arizona, and North Carolina. For more information about the artists please visit www.haddad-drugan.com.

Undercurrents, by Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan, 2003. Seattle, Washington

Russ RuBert , September 19, 2005

"Creativity in Motion"

Russ RuBert creates site-specific sculpture for indoor and outdoor public areas. His work draws on figurative and organic imagery in stainless steel, brass, aluminum, and other mixed media. His work pays attention to the environmental design of an area and how it's used by the community sharing the public art. RuBert discussed current examples and trends in public art including his recently installed sculpture at the Sears Farm Road Park in Cary. You can find out more about Russ RuBert and his work at www.rubert.com.

Sculpture at Sears Farm Road Park by Russ RuBert, 2005. Stainless Steel. Sears Farm Road Park in Cary. Commissioned by Cary Visual Art, Inc.

Andrew Leicester, June 23, 2005
"Surviving Public Art: The Trials and Tribulations of Working in the Public Realm "

No matter what an artist creates for the public realm it always seems that someone objects vehemently to the art work. Over 30 years of making public art, Andrew Leicester has tried numerous strategies for soothing the effect that his work seems to have on each and every community. Andrew Leicester discussed his controversial projects and provided some intriguing and amusing examples of the public reaction.

Platonic Figure by Andrew Leicester, 2001. Steel. University of Minnesota Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jim Gallucci, May 23, 2005
"The Past: A Gateway to the Future "

Gallucci discussed his most recent sculptures which have utilized the element of doors and gateways. For him, the use of a gate is a way of making his art accessible to the viewer. He works from the premise that the format of the gate gives the viewer a literal entry into his work, a portal which takes the viewer on an aesthetic journey. His gates always involve some form of interaction. His talk focused on the resurgence of public art in the 21st century and the revival of popular 19th century materials and influences.

Overture Gate by Jim Gallucci, 2000. Bronze and Stainless Steel. Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park in Cary. Commissioned by Cary Visual Art, Inc.

Janet Zweig, April 28, 2004
"Participatory Pubic Art"

Janet Zweig, a Brooklyn-based artist currently making participatory new-media public artworks around the country, has evolved from her early artist's books to gallery sculpture to her current public art works. Ms. Zweig’s sculpture and artists’ books have been exhibited widely in such places as the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Exit Art, PS1 Museum, and Copper Union. She has installed public artworks at the University of Minnesota, at Santa Fe Community College for New Mexico Arts, and at Walton High School in the Bronx for New York’s Percent for Art.

The Medium by Janet Zweig, 2002. Mixed media, 7"x5"x16". University of Minnesota School of Journalism. Commissioned by the Art on Campus Program

Charles Moleski, March 16, 2004
"The Politics of Place: The Evolution of Public Art in Philadelphia"

Charles Moleski will discuss Philadelphia's rich tradition of public art through the lens of spatial and identity politics. Illustrated with slides, the talk will also show how trends in contemporary public art have influenced the way that Fairmount Park Art Association commissions new works of public art. For more information please visit www.fpaa.org.

Charles Moleski (left) discusses installation of I have a story to tell you with artist Pepón Osorio. 2003. Photo by Greg Benson

Robert Mangold, September 16, 2003
"Kinetics in the 21st Century"

Time, space and motion in nature are fundamental elements to Robert Mangold's works of art. Mangold is very interested in the relationship of the natural sciences, such as physics in the 21st century. While he sees the future of kinetics as something intended to excite viewers, his own work is meant to calm. Mangold's anemotive pieces are considered his signature work.

Anemotive Kinetic, April 1997 by Robert Mangold. Polished Stainless Steel, 17' high, 7' diameter sphere. On exhibition in Cary through July 2004. The artwork is a selection from the NC Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition based in Greensboro, NC as presented by the Greensboro Artists' League.

Patrick Dougherty, June 24, 2003
"Primitive Ways in an Accelerated World"

Artist Patrick Dougherty of Chapel Hill creates large-scale, site-specific, installations of woven, intermingled tree saplings. These three-dimensional environmental sculptures have been referred to as fanciful and reminiscent of the primitive past. Dougherty's education includes studies in the Art Department of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has been involved with exhibitions all over the country and has received awards and honors for his work. For more information visit www.stickwork.net.

A Cappella, Patrick Dougherty, 2003. Willow, 27' high. VillaMontalvo, Saratoga, CA

Olivia Gude, May 20, 2003
"Aesthetics of Collaboration: Community Public Art"

Olivia Gude is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Art Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Gude uses dialogue and collaborative artmaking as tools to re-create urban spaces and re-design urban art education. Her many murals and mosaics in various Chicago neighborhoods and around the U.S. investigate commonalities and conflicts in contemporary America. For more information please visit www.uic.edu/classes/ad/ad382/sites/Olivia/OG_01.html.

What Do You Need to Know?, 1998. Olivia Gude and Juan Chávez with youth team. Glass tile mosaic, 110 sq. ft. Lowell Elementary School, Chicago
Chicago Public Art Group

Barbara Goldstein, December 10, 2002
"Building Community Through Public Art"

Barbara Goldstein is the Director of Public and Community Arts at the Seattle Arts Commission. Prior to moving to Seattle in 1993, she was Director of Design Review and Cultural Planning at the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. She has lectured on public art throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, and China. For more information please visit www.cityofseattle.net/arts.

Adams Street Bridge by Lorna Jordan. Part of the Longfellow Creek Habitat Improvement project, a collaboration between the Seattle Arts Commission and Seattle Public Utilities.

Peggy Kendellen, October 22, 2002
"Here and Gone: Temporary Public Art in Portland"

Peggy Kendellen has worked in the public art field for almost ten years. As Public Art Manager for the Regional Arts and Culture Council, she launched one of Portland's first temporary projects that featured installations in a small lobby space in a city building. Peggy earned her BFA and MA in art from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and received an NEA Midwest Artists Fellowship in 1990. For more information please visit www.racc.org.

Salmon Run, Dennis Cunningham, 2001. Photo Courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, Oregon.

Thomas Sayre, February 12, 2002
"Public Art in a Community Context"

The unique characteristics that distinguish public and private art beyond their immediate settings were discussed. Aspects of the public art process including roles of the community, artist, and commissioning agency was included. For more information please visit www.thomassayre.com/index.php.

GrandiFlora, Thomas H. Sayre, 2000. Earth Cast Concrete, Iron Oxide 25'x 21'x 60'

Jim Hirschfield, February 18, 2002
"Integrating Art into the Public Environment"

Jim Hirschfield has worked collaboratively on a number of projects to integrate site-specific art into the environment. He discussed the impact of creative public art design solutions including making art accessible, free, democratic, and engaging.

African Exhibits Entry Bridge by Jim Hirschfield and Sonya Ishii, 1997
North Carolina Zoological Society in Asheboro

Renee Piechocki, November 13, 2001
"Current Trends in Public Art"

Renee Piechocki is a public art advocate and administrator. She is the Facilitator of the Public Art Network, the national public art service program of Americans for the Arts. She helped plan and organize Compel + Provoke: Public Art 2001, the annual Americans for the Arts public art conference in NYC. Renee currently lives in Chapel Hill, where in addition to her post as PAN Facilitator, she is the Co-Chair of the Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission. Before coming to North Carolina, she lived in New York and was a project manager at the Percent for Art Program of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. Piechocki discussed pproaches to public art including design teams, community partnerships, collaborations, and temporary projects


Cooper Young Trestle Project, Jill Turman Brogdon, 2000
Commissioned by the Cooper Young Community Association in partnership with the Urban Arts Commission and the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis.
Photo Credit: Jill Turman Brogdon

Dan Gottleib , September 13, 2002
"Sculpture Projects in Munster, Germany"

Dan Gottleib is the director of Museum Planning and Architecture at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Gottleib discussed the temporary exhibit of outdoor sculpture which visually transforms the city of Munster, Germany every ten years in which international artists create works that interact with the environment as well as the viewer.

Travail in situ by Daniel Buren, 1997, Munster, Germany
Photograph courtesy of Roman Mensing / www.artdoc.de.