Art and Community Landscapes Finalist Exhibition

             November 17th - November 28th, 2005                  GoggleWorks Building Third Floor, Suite 320   

Earlier this year four artists and artist teams were awarded $1,500 each to develop a proposal for public art along the Schuylkill River Water Trail and Riverfront for a project spearheaded by RiverPlace Development Corporation and the Schuylkill River Heritage Area.  The artists were selected from a highly competitive applicant pool by a selection panel which included representatives from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Park Service (NPS), the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) the Schuylkill River Heritage Area, community leaders, and local artists. A selection panel along with public comment will select one artist or artist team, who will then be awarded an anticipated $100,000 to implement the project. In order to develop and support public art along the riverfront.

The Finalists are:

Brenda Brown (Gainesville, Florida) &

Linnaea Tillett (Brooklyn, New York)

Stacy Levy (Spring Mills, Pennsylvania)

Herb Parker (Charleston, South Carolina)

Peter Jon Snyder (Reading, Pennsylvania) &

Peter Kinney (Pennsauken, New Jersey)

The four proposals are now on exhibition through November 28 at the GoggleWorks in Gallery 320.  Please come and add your comments and support of the artist and artist teams to the comment books so that your input may be used to select the winner.