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Recently Completed Art for Public Spaces ~ Triptych at the New Town Offices
On the Horizon~
Coming up Summer
2023
Bound for Books
Book Benches
A Temporary Public Art
Project ~ Summer 2023 ~
10 benches placed
throughout downtown
Danville
sell at auction in September
(proceeds go to public art
fund for future exhibits)
Extra programming with bound for books
Art exhibit in the Gallery:
Step Into Story, the 13th
annual juried art
exhibition featuring
artwork inspired by
stories and/or made from
books.
Family friendly stories
and crafts at the library
opening day-Kick-off to
Summer of Reading
program (June 9)
Where's Waldo with
Rakestraw Books and
another bookstore event
TBD
Storytime at different
benches throughout the
summer
Free kids art workshop
inspired by Stories in
the Art Gallery
A chance to win weekly
giveaways for people
who participate in
benchchallenges TBD
Future Project Ideas
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ACORNS OF DANVILLE
Bronze acorns to be installed
throughout Downtown
Danville in correlation with the
Downtown Master Plan
Improvement Project.
THROUGH THE
FLOWERS
Temporary Public Art
Interactive Light-Up
Display possible for
Summer of 2024 to
correlate with the annual
juried art show-Botanica
Artwork by Laurie
Shapiro
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Metal Art with
Light By Blessing
Hancock ~ idea
for on the patio
of art gallery
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Seven Magic Mountains near Las Vegas
Idea for artwork on the Town Green
Functional Public Art by
Blessing Hancock
Idea for artwork on the
Town Green or other
Park
Light up Steel Art by
Charles Gadeken-Idea
for artwork on the
Town Green or
DCC/Library or VTAG
patio
Driftwood sculpture at
the Tannery Art Center
in Santa Cruz ~Idea for
artwork on the Town
Green or at Hap Magee
Lawn
Storm King Art
Center in New York
Art by
Andy Goldsworth
Idea for artwork on
the Town Green or
at
Hap Magee Lawn
Oakland City Center art by The Crucible ~
Idea for VTAG patio
Evergreen Oak
Tree in Oakland by
Taraneh Hemami ~
Fabricated by Gizmo
Art ~ idea for
somewhere in
Danville~ Permanent