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Imagine Ohio River bridge as public art
Beligan artist and designer Arne Quinze is known for his large public art installations, many of which involve fluid masses of colorful wooden planks. Quinze spoke at the Idea Festival on Friday, and...
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Public meeting Tuesday for Legacy Trail art
People with ideas or who want to learn more about the process for putting public art along the Legacy Trail are invited to a public meeting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Downtown Arts Center, 141 East...
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Project promotes public transportation, public art
Yvette Hurt, an environmental lawyer and anti-smoking advocate, doesn’t have a background in public art or public transportation. But Art in Motion, the all-volunteer organization she and science...
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Looking for public art? There’s an app for that.
Central Kentucky has more public art than most people realize, from edgy new murals and sculpture to historical architecture that has become so much a part of the landscape that we take it for granted....
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DeWitt Godfrey sculpture is newest addition to Lexington skyline
Concordia was installed Saturday at the Downtown Arts Center. Photos by Tom Eblen Want to see Lexington’s newest piece of public art? Drive down Main Street to the Downtown Arts Center — and look...
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Tempur-Pedic headquarters taps inspiration from local artists
Don Ament’s photo of a dogwood tree in his front yard was enlarged to 42 feet wide by 11 feet tall to cover a folding wall that separates an employee cafe from a meeting room at TempurPedic’s new...
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Ben Sollee art project uses music to educate about groundwater
Lexington musician Ben Sollee and artist Kiersten Nash are leading an art project called Livestream to educate people about groundwater. Photo by Tom Eblen Groundwater is one of Kentucky’s most...
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Sculptor seeks more statues of notable Kentucky women, minorities
Sculptor Amanda Matthews and her husband, sculptor Brad Connell, operate Prometheus Foundry on their farm outside Lexington. They posed in their studio with a commissioned statue of early Kentucky...
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New mural an effort to overcome a disaster and a near-miss
Sergio Odeith, a Portuguese mural artist, began work Monday on a 30-by-70-foot mural of jazz great Louis Armstrong on the side of Lighthouse Ministries, 185 Elm Tree Lane. Photos by Tom Eblen Jazz...
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PRHBTN festival shows the potential for more murals in Lexington
Meg Salesman’s mural Common Threads dominates the side wall of a former school in Philadelphia being converted into 56 high-end apartments called Mural Lofts. Photos by Tom Eblen On a recent trip to...
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