The Tom Otterness Project: Exploring Art in Public Places
"Public Art often serves as a humanizing force that can strengthen our connections to the natural world and to each other and creates a means of communicating ideas and sharing experiences in a changing, culturally diverse world." (From "Public Art: An Essential Component of Creating Communities" by Jack Becker)
Framing Questions:
What is public art? Who chooses it? Who decides where to put it?
Why do we have public art in our city?
How does art change how people experience places? What is the impact on citizens?
How does art create connections?
Our two public art studies:
1) Poetry in Motion (MTA Poetry)
2) Life Underground, a collection of sculptures by Tom Otterness
Framing Questions:
What is public art? Who chooses it? Who decides where to put it?
Why do we have public art in our city?
How does art change how people experience places? What is the impact on citizens?
How does art create connections?
Our two public art studies:
1) Poetry in Motion (MTA Poetry)
2) Life Underground, a collection of sculptures by Tom Otterness
Launching Our Poetry Unit
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Investigating Public Art
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Field Trip to the 14th Street Subway Station
Synthesizing Our Thinking About Public Art with Documentary Making
Creating Ekphrastic Poetry
Check out our anthology of ekphrastic poetry inspired by Life Underground:
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