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Committee approves Alex Braden’s ‘Be as Water’ final design for Arthur Avenue underpass lighting, $500,000 artist budget

3081227 · April 22, 2025
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The committee approved the final design by artist Alex Braden for lighting and paint treatments under the Arthur Avenue/I-65 underpass; the project carries an artist budget of $500,000 and requires license agreements and state transportation review before installation.

The Metro Arts Public Art Committee approved Alex Braden’s final design for the Arthur Avenue Public Art Lighting Project, titled Be as Water, and confirmed an artist budget of $500,000.

Staff described the project as a multimedia lighting installation consisting primarily of a dynamic canopy of LED lights set against a deep blue painted background. The design retains the lighting-focused concept from an earlier approval and reduces or removes benches and large-scale murals on T-DOT walls for maintenance and site-constraint reasons. The committee approved…

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