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The following 'Links' pages are your internet guide to public art projects past and present that have several things in common; a high degree of success plus ideas and themes that are generated from local and regional culture, history and geographic location. |
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'Mastodons on Parade' Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne's first community art project will not soon be forgot. Ancient elephants raise awareness and monies. |
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'A Horse Affair' Manchester, Vermont 21 life-size thoroughbreds were embellished by area artists to help promote tourism while enhancing the 'arts' in the Manchester community. |
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'The Pride of Oshkosh' Oshkosh, Wisconsin 33 life-sized lion sculptures were placed around the Oshkosh community to help with art scholarships, the appreciation of public art and the Paine Center. |
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'Orcas in the City' Vancouver & Victoria, British Columbia This great bi-city event raised $400,000 for BC Lions Club childrens' charities. 'Orcas' was modeled from other Canadian events ie. 'Moose in the City' Toronto. |
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'Abzoolutely Chestnut Hill' Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania This 2006 event incorporated favorite zoo animals to raise funds. |
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'Geckos in Paradise' Honolulu, Hawaii Geckos have to be the most recognized reptile on the planet. See how these geckos raised breast cancer awareness. |
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'The Round Up at the Fort' Fort Collins, Colorado This 2008 event kicked-off at the historic Northern Hotel in Fort Collins. 30 artists helped promote tourism, local history and art awareness along the Frontrange via 10 foot high, rearing stallions. |
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'Plains to Planes' Sarpy County, Nebraska One of the ways Sarpy County celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2007 was by offering artists two designs to choose from. |
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'All Aboard the Art Train' Gaithersburg, Maryland See how art, community and sponsors came together to make this recent art campaign one to remember. |
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'The Hunt for Bearable Art' American Red Cross, Michigan The American Red Cross of Northern Lower Michigan sponsored this 2005 outdoor event. |
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'Dinos on Parade' Elgin, Illinois The Gail Borden Public Library District Foundation joined forces with the African Dinosaurs created by Project Exploration to make this 2005 event a great success. |
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'Animal Scramble' Rochester, New York In the winter of 2003 regional artists showed what they could do to promote the Greater Rochester community. |
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'Stray Cat Strut' Dearborn, Michigan Cat lovers will love this 2005 public art event that raised awareness and funds for animal adoption and education. |
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'Shark Byte' San Jose, California Six foot sharks were seen swimming around downtown San Jose in October, 2001. Proceeds benefited many diverse charitable groups. |
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'Turtle Trax' Vero Beach, Florida Six foot turtles moved fast while raising money for this 2006 public art campaign. The event benefited the Mental Health Association in Indian River County. |
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Full color, 192 pages, hard back edition, coffee table book of recent public art events throughout the U.S. |