1999
Nashville, TN
Student-designed benches, banners, and trash receptacles
As part of Nashville's 12South
Redevelopment Project, the Metro Nashville Arts Commission sponsored
two art classes at David Lipscomb and Belmont Universities spent the
semester exploring the field of public art. The final project in both
classes was to design banners, trash receptacles and benches for the
area. The construction project is managed by Metropolitan Development
and Housing Agency, and includes new sidewalks, moving power lines,
and new street furniture and banners designed by students at Lipscomb
and Belmont Universities. The public art classes, co-taught by Terry
Thacker, Lanie Gannon, and myself led students on an exploration of practical,
aesthetic, conceptual, and political issues encountered in creating
public artworks. As a final project, students created designs for benches,
banners, and other ideas for the site. Winners of a competition were
commissioned to create their designs, which now enliven the street.
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