Art prompts a collaborative adventure (Daily American)
The Daily American reported on the process that ultimately led to the installation of several pieces of public art in Confluence, PA as part of the Trail Town Public Art Project - a Regional grant recipient.
When the Confluence Trail Town Public Arts Committee first met in February, the group, minus several of the artists, decided to portray their community through local historical images and local natural resources using stone and metal mediums.
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Confluence is the only trail town where a large work of art was created through a collaborative effort of several artists. Every trail town had an art committee for the planning and although there are more than one piece of art at several of the other towns, those pieces are independent of the others.
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The public art pieces placed along the Great Allegheny Passage in September incorporated a theme of “Cycle of Renewal.”
The art project, part of the Pittsburgh 250 Community Connections and the Sprout Fund programs, can be viewed at six of the trail towns along the bike and hike trail in three counties: Somerset, Fayette and Westmoreland.
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