New land marks : public art, community and the meaning of place / edited by Penny Balkin Bach.

Defining the public context / Penny Balkin Bach -- Why public art is necessary / Ellen Dissanayake -- The art of identity / Thomas Hine -- The object of process / Lucy R. Lippard -- Works in process : New Land Marks proposals / Charles Moleski and Robin Redmond, proposal descriptions -- Church lot / Lorene Cary, Lonnie Graham, and John Stone -- Baltimore Avenue GEMs: Grand planters, earthbound crow's-nest, midsummer's fountain / Malcolm Cochran -- Theyareus / Ap. Gorny -- Golden Mountain Bunka-za / Mei-ling Hom -- The revitalization of Malcolm X Memorial Park / Martha Jackson-Jarvis and JoAnna Viudez -- Bright light trail / Zevilla Jackson Preston -- A century of labor / John Kindness -- Embodying Thoreau : dwelling, sitting, watching / Ed Levine -- May Street : a place of remembrance and honor / Rick Lowe and Deborah Grotfeldt -- The Vietnamese Monument to immigration / Darlene Nguyen-Ely -- Perseverance / Todd Noe -- I have a story to tell you / Pepón Osorio -- Manayunk stoops : heart and home / Diane Pieri and Vicki Scuri -- The glorietas of Fairhill Square : the completion of a neighborhood cosmos / Jaime Suárez -- Proposals for the Wissahickon / George Trakas -- Open-air library and Farmer's Market Plaza / Janet Zweig.

"What will we leave for future generations? What is it about a community that might inspire a work of art? Can that art give meaning to our public spaces?" "The artists and communities participating in the program New Land Marks: Public Art, Community, and Meaning of Place have been grappling with these challenging questions. The resulting book documents how a long-standing Philadelphia cultural organization - the Fairmount Park Art Association - initiated this program in order to plan and create unique public art projects with communities that volunteered to participate. Artists have been working with these communities to incorporate public art into ongoing community development, urban greening, civic history, streetscape enhancement, and other revitalization initiatives. The resulting proposals - which represent "works in process" - celebrate community identity, commemorate "untold" histories, inspire civic pride, respond to the local environment, and invigorate public spaces. This book is a guide for those interested in how communities and artists can examine the appearance and meaning of public spaces." "In addition to illustrating the work of the twenty-one artists participating in this innovative public art project, the book includes essays by noted authors Ellen Dissanayake, Thomas Hine, Lucy Lippard, and Penny Balkin Bach, Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Art Association, who also served as general editor."--BOOK JACKET.

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