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Primary media contact for the Scottsdale Public Art Program:
Rasheda Smith

480-874-4645

rsmith@sccarts.org

January 14, 2010

Public Art Recently Completed

Garden of Evidence

Location: This 80,000 sq/ft facility is located at the southeast corner of McKellips and Miller Roads, a residential area on the border of Scottsdale and Tempe. Dennis Oppenheim's Garden of Evidence is sculpture and landscape elements distributed throughout the entry plaza of the forensics lab and the police station. Six architectural scale prickly pear cactus forms are placed within shadow forms which play with the vertical shapes on the ground plane. Forms of evidence analyzed inside the forensic lab provide the imagery for other landscape elements.

For complete details, visit District One Plaza

Spirit of Camelback

Location: Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts at 7380 E. 2nd Street. This project provides an opportunity to create a focal point in the open spaces of the atrium. On a curved wall, above the future café ,near the north civic center entry, a constellation of hand-sculpted long glass stems pierce the wall and draw light to create an elegant glow in the organic crowns of the pieces.  

For complete details, visit SCPA Renovation

Golden Alchemy

Location: former sight of Rawhide, Scottsdale Rd and Pinnacle Peak Rd

Site improvements, the architecture, including finishes to the interior were considered during the design development phase by the design team. 

For complete details, visit Golden Alchemy

Projects in Various Stages of Design

Indian Bend Road Improvements

In Construction
Location: Scottsdale to Hayden Road, focused on Indian Bend Wash
Artist team of Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan are proposing a three part integrated artwork in the functional elements of the project, including a new flood control drop structure, wash basin and related landscape aesthetics. Through art they are striving to enhance perception and understanding of flood events in the wash as well as views out from the site.

Soleri Pedestrian Bridge and Plaza

Location: Scottsdale Rd and Camelback Rd, Waterfront Canal

At twenty-seven feet wide on the south end and narrowing to eighteen feet on the north, the bridge connects Fashion Square and the Waterfront shops to Southbridge and Gallery districts south of the Arizona Canal in Downtown Scottsdale. Providing additional access across the canal, the pedestrian-only bridge provides a scenic view point over the 60-wide water conveyance channel, creating a welcome respite from the nearby vehicular traffic of Scottsdale Road. In addition to allowing important regular canal maintenance activities, the plaza design fully incorporates the Sun Circle Trail through the site, for contiguous horseback passage on the historic, 18 mile regional trail.

Additional Public Art Program Announcements

Opportunities for Artists New to Public Art
Opportunities for Arizona artists to get into the business include:
Emerging Arizona artists serve on selection panels to gain experience of the selection process, which will aid them in creating strong future applications.
Calls to artists are listed on the website so that anyone may view them and apply. The staff makes an effort to have at least one project annually that brings on one emerging artist from the state.

A resource list of artists working in bronze is posted on our website. It lists local and national bronze artists, foundries, links for artists and other useful information.
Artists are encouraged to register themselves on htpp://artistsregister.com and learn about meetings and competitions relative to public art.

There are a great number of public meetings held in Scottsdale and Valley-wide where noted public artists present their ideas. These can be great examples for emerging artists about how to professionally propose their concepts. Call each program or check their websites for up coming meetings.

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