Call for Sculpture Concepts Deadline Extended
By Abdi Hassan Jr. and Tim Springer
The deadline has been extended for proposing designs for a new Midtown Greenway light-emitting sculpture. An advisory team composed of East Phillips residents who live near the site of the future sculpture voted to extend the deadline for responses. The previous deadline was December 3, 2021. Now artists have until February 4, 2022, to submit sculpture concepts.
The sculpture will be in the public space above the Midtown Greenway entrance ramp at 18th Avenue South, where it will provide joy, light, and wayfinding. It will be owned and maintained by the Midtown Greenway Coalition. The 29-year-old nonprofit organization stewarded the creation of the Midtown Greenway and currently serves as the community’s voice in promoting Greenway improvements, maintenance, and use.
The revised Call can be found linked at www.midtowngreenway.org. The most important criteria the Advisory Team will use when selecting three finalists is the desired impacts on viewers. Our neighborhood went through a lot in the year of 2020 which brought us together to make this a beautiful neighborhood, a safe place for our families, and a cared for area to live in.… Read the rest “Call for Sculpture Concepts Deadline Extended”
Why I Contribute to the Alley
By our wonderful contributors!
Dave Moore, cartoonist (with Linnea Hadaway), Dave’s Dumpster, Spirit of Phillips
1. Tradition. I’ve been in the alley almost monthly since the mid-80s.
2. Wendell Phillips. Our neighborhood is named after this freedom fighter. Linnea Hadaway & I are proud to illustrate quotations from his speeches.
3. I like sharing art with my neighbors. I wish some would say “I can do better than that” and send in their own.
Dwight Hobbes, writer, Something I Said
Because it is the only community newspaper I’ve written for that doesn’t serve a publisher’s propagandist agenda first and the community as an afterthought.
Marti Maltby, writer, Peace House Community
I started writing for the alley because they asked me to contribute a column each month from PHC, which seemed like an easy way to contribute to the neighborhood. As I’ve gotten more used to writing the columns, I’ve grown more comfortable being a voice for PHC’s community members and trying to find positives in trying circumstances. It’s a chance for me to help others understand important issues and to recognize a lot of special people.
Peter Molenaar, writer, Raise Your Voice
This person of northern European descent opposes all manner of terroristic threats.… Read the rest “Why I Contribute to the Alley”