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The Dallas Police
Department worked with the
Public Art Program of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and the
Deep Ellum community to commission designs for parking meters to be placed
along several streets in Deep Ellum.
The dedication will be on Thursday, June 29 at
2815
Elm Street in front of Café Brazil.
Artist Terry Hays was chosen by a selection panel of community
members, arts professionals and representatives from the Dallas Police
Department. Hays’ interest in combining images of textures, patterns and
textiles from different cultures was used to reflect the eclectic architecture,
color and texture of Deep Ellum. These image fragments were combined, enlarged
and reformatted to arrive at the 10 designs seen on the parking meter poles.
The designs are then applied to PVC pipes that become sleeves placed over the
parking meter poles. The artwork relates in spirit, color and texture to the
vibrant imagery found in Deep Ellum.
This project evolved from a pilot program developed in 2014. One
Meter at a Time, was a partnership with the Dallas Police Department
and the Office of Cultural Affairs to transform 60 parking meters into works of
public art. Seven local artists were selected to design functioning parking meters
in Downtown Dallas, Farmers Market and Oak Cliff.
The partnership received local and national attention by the press
and was recognized by The International Parking Institute in the July 2015
issue of Parking Professional Magazine. The International Parking Institute is
the world’s largest educational and networking organization for parking and
transportation professionals.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Terry
Hays was born and raised in
Texas. He received his B.S. from West Texas State University and his M.F.A.
from Texas Christian University. After graduate school, he spent eight years
teaching, painting, and drawing at the University of Manitoba School of Art in
Canada. Upon his return to Texas, he spent the next 20 years painting sets for
stage production and television, but returned his attention to his personal art
in 2002. "I would spend endless hours looking at a broad assortment of
images from Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, China and Japan," Hays said.
His work has evolved to a beautiful hybrid of world art forms influenced by his
experiences with set design.
About
The Public Art Program
The Public Art Program works to enrich the
quality of life for the citizens of Dallas and enhance the cultural appeal of
the City to visitors by overseeing the integration of high-quality visual art
into public spaces. The Program provides opportunities for local and regional
artists as well as visual artists from around the globe through commissions of
works of public art. The program also supports donations of public art to the
City of Dallas that are subject to a review process for acceptance that includes
members of the Public Art Committee and the Cultural Affairs Commission. The
Public Art Program is a division of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural
Affairs. http://dallasculture.org/publicart/
About
the Office of Cultural Affairs
The Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) provides
opportunities for all Dallas citizens and visitors to have access to the arts
and the means of cultural expression. The Office of Cultural Affairs works with
its citizen advisory board, the Cultural Affairs Commission, to foster the
development of the cultural system in Dallas. OCA provides a variety of
programs and services, including the management and operations of seven
cultural facilities, a public art program, cultural funding programs and WRR
Radio. More information on the Office of Cultural Affairs’ programs can be
found on its website at http://www.DallasCulture.org.
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