Let’s talk about art! Barbara Fulton will lead an important community conversation centered on public art on Wednesday, March 23. The discussion, which will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Windwalker Art and Underground Gallery, located at 125 S. Cochran Avenue in downtown Charlotte, is an integral part of an ad-hoc art committee’s goal of commissioning a piece of public art.
The downtown art committee was created by the City of Charlotte in February to secure a $10,000 grant from the Lansing Area Economic Partnership (LEAP), which would be used to commission the art. The committee is looking to garner as much input as possible to be able to put together a request for proposal (RFP) that reflects the desires of the community as a whole.
The public is invited to join in a fun and interactive discussion meant to identify the themes and beliefs commonly found within the Charlotte community. These will be reflected in a piece of art that will be installed at Peter’s Circle (the southwest corner of Cochran Avenue and Lovett Street in downtown Charlotte).
LEAP will officially announce grant recipients before the end of March. Grant recipients will then have just a few weeks to put an RFP together to send out to Mid-Michigan artists.
If selected for the grant, an artist will be selected by mid-spring with the goal of unveiling the public art project by the fall.
In the meantime, the downtown art committee has a number of other projects in mind. The committee includes representation from downtown business owners, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, and City of Charlotte.
To learn more, stop by Windwalker Art and Underground Gallery on Wednesday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m.
