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Art
in Public Places Award Nominations
AIAOC Members are invited
to participate in this year’s Art
in Public Places Award Program, conducted
by The Architecture Foundation of Orange
County.
The Architecture Foundation
of Orange County (TAFOC), a non-profit organization
dedicated to increasing awareness and appreciation
of the Orange County built environment,
is seeking public art nominations by Friday,
May 23rd for its annual Art in Public Places
Award. TAFOC believes that public art can
contribute richness, meaning, and uniqueness
in public places and that excellent examples
should be recognized and more encouraged.
Each year TAFOC convenes
a jury of art professionals and design professionals
to discuss public art in Orange County and
to determine if there is a worthy recipient.
This process has led to a strong legacy
of award winners and has generated a surprising
list of interesting Orange County public
art. Awards are presented each summer at
the AIAOC awards ceremony.
This year, the program’s
10th, TAFOC would like to change the process,
inviting AIAOC members to think about Orange
County public art and nominate worthy installations
for jury consideration. The jury is willing
to consider a wide range of nominations,
appreciating the opportunity to discuss
the differences between art, architecture,
landscape architecture, culturally adopted
art, entertainment, decoration, etc. Still,
nominations should generally attempt to
address the following criteria:
- The installation must be in Orange County
- The installation should be considered
public art by intent or cultural validation
- The installation should be permanent.
Pieces that are temporary or short-term
can be considered however the impact and
influence should be significant and long-lasting.
- The installation should respond to
its context in a deliberate way
- The installation should be accessible
to the public
Previous years’
award recipients include: Henry Segerstrom
for Isamu Noguchi’s California
Scenario in Costa Mesa; the Anaheim
Redevelopment Agency for public art at Koll
Anaheim Center; Richard Turner, Ann Preston,
and Michael Davis for their work on Anamorph
at Anaheim Pond; Tony Delap for Floating
Lady at The Orange County Museum of
Art; Terry Schoonhoven for The Poet’s
Table at the Huntington Beach Pier
Plaza; John Valadez for We the People:
Summer Festivals of Orange County,
a mural installed at the Ronald Reagan Federal
Courthouse in Santa Ana; artist Meg Cranston,
the City of Brea, and the CIM Group for
Orange Grove Fountain in Brea;
and Cal State University at Fullerton for
its Outdoor Sculpture Collection.
For more information
or to make a nomination, please call James
Dockstader (949/376-9589) or Ruth Meghiddo,
AIA (562/901-9022).
TAFOC is active
throughout the year in Orange County, sponsoring
lectures, scholarships, the architect-in-the-schools
program (BEEP), and has developed an interactive,
educational children’s book focused
on the built environment in Orange County.
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