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City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture
Phoenix, AZ
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Site plan for Gimme Shelter Shade for Pierce Street Public Art Project. Photo courtesy Phoenix Office of Cultural Affairs |
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The Office of Arts and Culture in Phoenix, Arizona, was established to create a more beautiful and vibrant city, and in 1986 set up a Public Art Program to allocate one percent of the city's Capital Improvement Program to public art. More than 145 major art projects have been completed through the program, with 65 in various stages of implementation.
A new public art project has been developed by the office in partnership with city and downtown businesses, property owners, and community organizations: Gimme Shelter. The City of Phoenix will use its MICD25 grant to hire an artist-led team to redesign a city block along a key thoroughfare fronting the new Downtown Phoenix Public Market. The artist/design team, to be selected through a competitive process, will reconfigure the street by reducing car lanes and widening sidewalks and adding built and living shade, transforming a hot stretch of asphalt and concrete into a cool oasis for people. These changes will increase the livability of the desert city by making outdoor areas more amenable to pedestrians.
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