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Follow updates on current projects as they move through the commissioning process, design, fabrication and installation.
Follow updates on current projects as they move through the commissioning process, design, fabrication and installation.
The South Memphis Alliance, in partnership with the Dragonfly Collective, Play Where You Stay, and The Works CDC, is creating a new soccer complex and neighborhood gathering space in a vacant property in Soulsville. A call to artists will solicit ideas for functional art, such as signage, benches and outdoor furniture, mosaic walkways, and playful interactive sculptures.
The City of Memphis Planning Division, in partnership with UAC, commissioned Suzy Souliere and Khara Woods to create neighborhood art for South City.
UAC and the City of Memphis is commissioning artist Khara Woods to design two crosswalks for the Midtown neighborhood. The preferred location for the two crosswalks is at the intersection of Madison and Avalon Street, particularly on the East side of Madison and the North side of Avalon.
UAC and the City of Memphis, in partnership with Black Seeds, are seeking an artist to create a sculpture for the Greenlaw neighborhood. The preferred location for the sculpture is Greenlaw Park, at the intersection of 4th and Greenlaw St.
UAC and The City of Memphis, in partnership with WIND Memphis CDC, are seeking an artist to create a tranquil watershed sculpture that honors the resilience in Boxtown, Mt. Pisgah, Walker Homes, and West Junction communities and impact from the 2011 flood. The preferred location for the sculpture is Alonzo Weaver Park.
UAC and the City of Memphis, in partnership with The Heights CDC, commissioned Brandon J. Scott to create a gateway sculpture for the Heights Line. The preferred location for the sculpture is at the corner of National Street and Summer Avenue, which is the southern entrance to the Heights Line. The Heights Line project strives to revitalize National Street through people-focused design.
UAC and The City of Memphis are seeking an artist to create a sculpture for the Orange Mound Library and Genealogy Center.
UAC and The City of Memphis are seeking an artist to create a sculpture for Jesse Turner Park.
The City of Memphis Planning Division, in partnership with UAC, commissioned Metal Museum to create neighborhood signage for Orange Mound.
UAC and The City of Memphis, in partnership with the Hospitality Hub are seeking an artist to create a Trauma-Informed works of art for several spaces within their brand new Hub Hotel.
UAC and The City of Memphis, in partnership with Uplift Westwood Community Development Corporation, are seeking an artist to create a mural that speaks to the pride of the community, engages neighborhood youth, and pays tribute to Westwood’s rich Black history while focusing on Westwood’s growth and development.
Reflections by Arnold Thompson is designed to connect ancestry to the rich culture of South City through a meditative yet energizing experience.
All projects funded by the City of Memphis' Percent-for-art program require approval from project specific selection committees and the Public Art Oversight Committee or PAOC. PAOC is a seven member committee that reviews all Percent-for-art projects, meeting on the second Wednesday of every month at 1 pm at UAC. Similar to selection committees, PAOC is comprised of representatives from the broader Memphis community, visual artists or arts professionals, an architect and a UAC board member. Monthly PAOC meetings and selection committee meetings are open to the public.
The current committee includes Coriana Close (Artist and Professor, University of Memphis), Eso Tolson (Artist), Jana Travis (Chairman of Visual and Performing Arts, Christian Brothers University), Lisa Law (LRK-Looney Ricks Kiss), Patricia Lee Daigle (Director, Martha & Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art and Visiting Assistant Professor -University of Memphis) and Nefertiti Orrin (Community Lift and UAC board member).
Due to COVID-19, meetings are being held virtually. Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83128413135?pwd=djBRT1JwdUV4NkJ5emdOUmFlVFlNQT09 Meeting ID: 831 2841 3135 Passcode: 629573 Dial in: +1 301 715 8592