Articles tagged: public art
Ann Arbor's public art administrator gets 2-month contract extension
Posted: 1 day agoAnn Arbor's part-time public art administrator is getting a two-month extension of his contract while city officials figure out the next steps for the public art program. The Ann Arbor City Council unanimously voted Monday ... Read more »
Ann Arbor City Council approves 2013-14 budget without increase in police staffing
Posted: May 21, 2013Mayor John Hieftje and his colleagues on the Ann Arbor City Council blocked an attempt early Tuesday morning to add three police officer positions to the city's budget. The outcome of the 6-5 split vote ... Read more »
City budget vote tonight: Ann Arbor council members proposing several changes
Posted: May 20, 2013The Ann Arbor City Council is expected to vote tonight to adopt the city's 2013-14 fiscal year budget, and a number of possible changes are under consideration. Read more »
DIA art reproductions brightening up downtown Ann Arbor
Posted: Apr 02, 2013Noticing some new artworks sprouting on downtown Ann Arbor buildings? Thank the Detroit Institute of Arts' "Inside|Out" program. Inside|Out temporarily displays full-sized, high-quality reproductions of DIA paintings, placed in outdoor settings. From now through June, ... Read more »
U-M's 'The Cube' gets an April Fool's Day makeover
Posted: Apr 01, 2013It's April Fool's Day, spring is in the air, and even "The Cube" is getting into the spirit. Read more »
4 artists in the running for $360K public art project at Ann Arbor's new Stadium bridges
Posted: Mar 28, 2013Four artists from across the country are competing for a potentially $360,000 contract from the city of Ann Arbor to create a new public art installation at the site of the Stadium bridges. Read more »
with poll: Task force recommends complete overhaul of Ann Arbor's public art program
Posted: Feb 21, 2013Ann Arbor could see sweeping changes to its taxpayer-funded public art program if a task force's recommendations are approved by the City Council. Read more »
with poll: Mayor floats idea of bronze Adirondack chair at Farmers Market in honor of Coleman Jewett
Posted: Feb 04, 2013What better way to pay tribute to the recently deceased craftsman Coleman Jewett than a bronze Adirondack chair dedicated in his honor at the Farmers Market? Read more »
column: A layman's tour of some of Ann Arbor's public art
Posted: Jan 11, 2013Defining art isn’t easy and I’m not going to try, but if there’s one entity more qualified than government to determine what is good public art, it’s me. A Canadian with no formal art schooling ... Read more »
Ann Arbor's public art program suspended while committee considers changes
Posted: Dec 04, 2012The city of Ann Arbor is partially suspending its Percent For Art Program while a five-member committee looks into options for taking a new approach to public art. That could involve everything from revising the ... Read more »
with poll: Public Art Commission hopes to complete 4 new art projects in Ann Arbor within the next year
Posted: Nov 29, 2012Ann Arbor voters might have shot down a proposal to tax themselves for an expanded pubic art program, but that isn't stopping several city art projects already under way. Admittedly uncertain of its future, the ... Read more »
Ann Arbor considers task force to reassess public art efforts after defeat of tax proposal
Posted: Nov 20, 2012Now that Ann Arbor voters have rejected a proposal to tax themselves to pay for public art, city officials are reassessing the city's existing Percent For Art Program. The issue took center stage at Monday ... Read more »
Final verdict: Ann Arbor voters not in favor of public art millage
Posted: Nov 06, 2012This story has been updated. Only 44.1 percent of Ann Arbor voters were willing to tax themselves to pay for more public art. Voters rejected the city's public art millage on Tuesday by a final ... Read more »
photo gallery: New public-art mosaic dedicated at Allmendinger Park
Posted: Oct 28, 2012The Ann Arbor Public Art Commission on Sunday dedicated its latest project: a community-oriented mosaic project at Allmendinger Park. Artist Mary Thiefels of TreeTown Murals created the work on the columns of the shelter at ... Read more »
Allmendinger Park mosaic mural to be dedicated Sunday
Posted: Oct 27, 2012Ann Arbor's latest public-art project will be unveiled at a dedication ceremony on Sunday. The new work is described as "a neighborhood time capsule mosaic" created by local artist Mary Thiefels, of TreeTown Murals. It's ... Read more »
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