What is Public Art? Is it something kind of permanent like a sculpture or building? Is it temporary like the pastel chalk street murals I create in AZ? Is it a work in progress that gets posted on a 30-30 challenge on social media? Is it food or drinks that get pictures taken and shared? Looking at different definitions Public Art is just that something that is put out there for the public to see. Generally outside but not always.
If you take the time to look around, go walk around your town you will see public art. Just like typography it is everywhere. On our road trip this summer we came upon towns filled with sculptures of presidents. Other towns had murals of their town's history. At the art museum in WI the gardens had works in progress sculptural pieces along with permanent works.
Even gardens are public art, according to Wikipedia "art in any media that has been planned and executed with the intention of being staged in the physical public domain". Most gardens are planned, even your own private garden becomes a public display of your creativity.
Here are a few pieces of public art, including me in action, creating a pastel/chalk mural.
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| Over the last several years I have created murals in public settings. |
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| mural in Phoenix, AZ |
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Special outside inflatable installation that you could go into and walk around.
Temporary exhibit at VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA |
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| from floor to ceiling inside the installation in VA |
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| work in progress - Leigh Yawley Woodson Art Museum gardens |
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| Leigh Yawley Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI |
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| Butchart Gardens, Victoria |
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