The City Of Hickory's Public Art Commission brought color to Hickory in a unique way last year. Local artists were chosen to paint 21 metal benches to be placed around town.
See my first installment of "Art on the Bench" Hickory Artists Bring Color To Hickory NC - Part 1 for photos of the first 4 benches on Union Square in downtown Hickory.
Two of the art benches below are located in the "SALT Block"(Sciences, Art, Literature Together) of Hickory.
Ocean Fantasy by Heidi Rice is a tribute to children's creativity - located in front of the Millholland Planetarium.
A tribute to the "American Military Aviators" by Michael Kincaid in front of Viewmont Baptist Church.
This beautiful landscape with a lake is by Charles Garrett, Jr. >>>
See my first installment of "Art on the Bench" Hickory Artists Bring Color To Hickory NC - Part 1 for photos of the first 4 benches on Union Square in downtown Hickory.
Two of the art benches below are located in the "SALT Block"(Sciences, Art, Literature Together) of Hickory.
Ocean Fantasy by Heidi Rice is a tribute to children's creativity - located in front of the Millholland Planetarium.
Beth Palermo created this bench featuring "The Hickory Choral Society".... with colorful swirling musical notes.
"Da Benchi" by Becky Wisniewski of The Morganton Day School created this contemporary composition of the "Mona Lisa" - located in front of the Hickory Women's Resource Center.
The next 3 benches are located on Hwy 127 in Hickory through the Viewmont community..
A tribute to the "American Military Aviators" by Michael Kincaid in front of Viewmont Baptist Church.
"Bench Marx" by the students of Morganton Day School. This is a tribute to the Marx Brothers in black and white.....
This beautiful landscape with a lake is by Charles Garrett, Jr. >>>
An abstract art bench in Hickory NC
The "Hot Rod" bench !!
All the metal benches were provided by Bakers Waste Equipment in Morganton NC.
For more information about the "Art on the Bench" program please call Public Art Commission Staff Liaison Donna Cullum at (828) 261-2215 or email her at dcullum@ci.hickory.nc.us .
"Art On The Bench Program" Hickory NC photos by C. Gilliam
Hello Cheryl, this is a great thing to do. I hope you've got pictures of all of them.
ReplyDeleteO what fabulous benches
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