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Committee approves Alex Braden design, raises TDOT approvals and maintenance questions for Arthur Avenue lighting project
Summary
The committee approved artist Alex Braden's final design for the Arthur Avenue underpass lighting project (artist budget $500,000; additional site and management funds from Metro Arts and TDOT); installation timeline and TDOT approvals were discussed.
The Metro Public Arts Committee on April 17 approved the final design by artist Alex Braden for the Arthur Avenue Public Art Lighting Project, including an expanded artist budget of $500,000 and additional site-preparation and project management funds from Metro Arts and the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
Anne Leslie (Metro Arts collections/manager) presented the final design, which the artist titled Be as Water and which staff described as a multimedia canopy of programmable LED light set against a deep blue painted background on vertical walls and I‑beams beneath the Interstate 65 Arthur Avenue underpass.
Nut graf: The vote advances a multiyear, community‑driven lighting project that began with an NEA grant and neighborhood advocacy; because the underpass is TDOT property,…
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