PUBLIC ART

The award is given to artists and organizations to recognize their impacts on the “cultural and aesthetic richness” of Tree Town’s public art, officials said.

The City of Ann Arbor wants to hear from community members about upcoming public art projects at two parks.

A new mural designed by 17 U-M students is being installed at Palmer Commons.

Starting at 7 a.m., volunteers and Survivors Speak members will paint a Black Lives Matter mural at Wheeler Park on Saturday.

David Zinn is the winner of the 2021 Golden Paintbrush Community Voice Award.

On Tuesday, the city put out a call for design ideas to fill a massive stairwell approximately 8 feet wide, 18 feet long and 21 feet high.

Building on the success of the 2020 A2AC Murals project, the Art Center’s new campaign, A2AC Art in Public, aims to raise $50,000.

The Ann Arbor Art Center is looking for artists, architects, designers and engineers for its new alleyway mural project.

The first mural stretches across South Washington Street between Ferris Street and Michigan Avenue. The second is at the Riverside Park entry driveway off of Cross Street.

A walking tour in Ypsilanti is encouraging community members to enjoy public art and creative writing.

Ann Arbor resident Mark Lee stands next to his snow sculpture of an owl in his backyard. ANN ARBOR – Mark Lee began creating snow sculptures in his backyard 11 years ago when he and his young son would build snow forts together. An art school graduate, Lee enjoys the challenge of transforming snow into shapes, objects and faces. Snow sculptures in the shape of animals created by Mark Lee in 2021. “I like the impermanent fact of the sculptures that they’re only here for this brief moment.”Snow sculptures Mark Lee created in 2021 in Ann Arbor.

ANN ARBOR – The Ann Arbor Public Art Commission has opened nominations for its newly-revived annual Golden Paintbrush Awards. This year’s award aims to recognize community members of all ages and organizations who promote creativity in the city’s publicly visible spaces. “Awards will be given for art which demonstrates collaboration and excellence and, as the commission explains, adds a bit of magic to our daily life,” the commission announced in a press release. Winners will be selected by a panel of residents and leaders in the arts, business and education communities in Ann Arbor. The Golden Paintbrush Awards recognize and encourage innovative civic engagement and demonstrate an appreciation for the numerous public art displays in Ann Arbor.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Look up while passing by the Ann Arbor Art Centers Walker Carriage Works Building to see a bright orange, fedora-wearing figure. The newest addition to the art centers latest A2AC Murals project, the figures installation is part of the Man in the City International Sculpture Project. The Ann Arbor installation encourages passersby to discover the citys skylines and historic buildings. The bright figures also help to engage youth in workshops about project visualization that the Ann Arbor Art Center intends to be a part of once it is possible. The Ann Arbor Art Center is at 117 W. Liberty St.Related: Ann Arbor Art Center launches crowdfunding campaign for mural project