The Free Range Art Project, a partnership between the Greater Hall Chamber’s VISION 2030 and the North Georgia Community Foundation, promotes art within the community through the creation of large scale (8'x8') works of art installed in the public sphere throughout the City of Gainesville and Hall County.
Three (3) pieces from the 2015 Free Range Art Project have been installed in the Midtown District of Downtown Gainesville. On the exterior walls of both venues, Grove Street Station has the piece "Revolutionary Halo" by Frances Byrd, with two pieces on Fire Station #1 on Pine Street showcasing "Golden Rain" by Ann Alexander and "Paroxysm" by Zoe Head. The final two pieces will be installed soon and include, "The Adventure Begins" by Clayton Santiago and "Wauka Mountain High" by Sharon Farkas.
The 2016 Free Range Art selections have just been announced for the following artists:
. Paul Dunlap "Two Llamas" photograph
. Fox Gradin "Real Life Dogs Playing Poker" photograph
. Roxanne Hollosi "Echoes VI" mixed media collage
. Mary Frances Hull "Snail Giant" painting
. The Youth Art Month "Quinlan Award" Winner Trevor Ballard, "Peace" acrylic on canvas, 12th Grade, Riverside Military Academy.
The new selections will be placed temporarily at the Lake Lanier Olympic Park for the 2016 Pan American Championships this May (with the youth entry "Peace" to be housed there permanently). The park will serve as host site for the championships which are the Continental Olympic Qualifier for the Americas for the upcoming Olympics in Rio. The works will then be placed at their final destinations (to be determined) in the Gainesville/Hall County area.
VISION 2030, sponsored by the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce, is a community project to provide a common vision for what Gainesville and Hall County would look like in the year 2030. Since great communities have great art, the Public Art Committee was formed to create opportunities for artists in conjunction with the growth of the community. The Vision 2030 Free Range Art Project works in partnership with the Quinlan Visual Arts Center.
For more information on current artist opportunities such as the Free Range Art Project, and the new "GOGOArt!" project, please see the Quinlan website at www.qvac.org/call-for-artists.
For more information on the Public Art in the Gainesville/Hall County area, see http://www.vision2030.org/public-art.
