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Artist, Laura DeFazio, (right) and Ohiopyle, take delivery on the stone for her art installation for the Trail Town Public Art Program, July 24, 2008, 10:30am.
Pittsburgh, PA – July 24, 2008 -- The Trail Town Program, an economic development initiative of The Progress Fund, in conjunction with Pittsburgh 250 Community Connections and The Sprout Fund, proudly announces the artists that have been selected to participate in the inaugural Trail Town Public Art Program.
The art works selected represent both three-dimensional sculpture and two-dimensional murals.
In
In Connellsville, at Stewart’s Crossing sculptor Steven Fiscus will create a metal and glass archway over the trail. In a separate project, Meeghan Triggs and Chris Galiyas will paint a mural on the silos of Youghiogheny Glass Factory. The mural will include glass pieces from the factory.
In Ohiopyle, Laura DeFazio will carve petroglyphs, images carved into stone, on four boulders that depict creatures of the water, land, and air, as well as constellations of the sky.
In Confluence, Rick Rhodes will carve wood benches; Martha Murphy will carve a metal bench and create an interpretive sign, and Stone Art Designs will carve into stones a drawing by Confluence high school art teacher Mack Beal.
In Rockwood, Diane Adams will paint a mural that pays homage to the town’s railroading heritage and celebrates biking as part of its present livelihood. Scott Hostettler will create a sculpture of a steam locomotive with metals donated by Rockwood Manufacturing, bike parts donated by Bike Pittsburgh, and donated train parts.
In Meyersdale, artist Carolyn Quinn will paint a mural celebrating the town’s founders and agricultural history.
The art is to be installed in time for Celebration Saturday, on September 27 from noon – 4 p.m. along the Great Allegheny Passage and the
In conjunction with the public art installation on Celebration Saturday, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and The Progress Fund will announce the unveiling of new informational kiosks in
Celebration Saturday will coincide with the start of the PNC Legacy Trail Ride, from
Project Background
The Trail Town Public Art Program is supported in part by Pittsburgh 250 Community Connections, The Sprout Fund, and the Community Foundation of Fayette County. In December 2007, the project was selected by
The Trail Town Program convened a Regional Committee in February, which determined the regional theme “Cycle of Renewal.” Local committees in each town worked to incorporate this theme into their public art pieces.
After preliminary submissions of qualifications and work samples, artists made detailed proposals to the local committees. The public was then invited to vote and/or comment before the committees made final selections.
Public Art Coordinator Christina Lee comments, “The experience and enthusiasm of the artists, the quality and variety of their work, along with the support of the communities involved, have already generated great interest and excitement for the program. Some of the towns are already interested in future installments of additional public art.”
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The Trail Town Program is an economic development initiative of The Progress Fund. The
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