On Monday, the City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs announced the selection of six local artists to serve as 2022 Creative Ambassadors. Creative Ambassadors will serve a one-year term beginning January 1, and during this time they will produce a creative project that engages San Jose residents and celebrates cultural diversity.
The Sorry Tale of the Most Neglected Public Artwork in Dallas
All too often, Dallas is quick to demolish or cast aside objects that it has neglected.
By Doyle Rader
Published in
Arts & Entertainment
July 9, 2015
2:28 pm
On a hot summer afternoon, the sound of a lone cicada pierces the air, briefly masking the drone of the flanking traffic. Above cars rattle on IH-345, and to the west traffic snakes through a maze of construction barriers on Pearl Street. Between these roadways runs a sculpture, broken into three sections, from Live Oak to Pacific Avenue. The work, whose surface is marred from graffiti, exists as an afterthought from a vision of downtown that was never realized. Robert Irwin’s