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City adds ‘2020 Blues’ sculpture to Southland Drive arts map, plaque to follow

2108956 · January 13, 2025
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Lexington officials and artists marked the relocation of a white‑oak sculpture titled “2020 Blues” to a Manchester/ distillery‑district site on Southland Drive. City and commission members described the piece as a memorial to the pandemic era and praised the local artist who created it.

Lexington city and Public Art Commission members celebrated the permanent installation of a white‑oak sculpture titled “2020 Blues” on Southland Drive, adding the work to the city’s public‑arts map and planning a commemorative plaque.

Commission members and city representatives said the piece, carved from white oak, captures emotions from the COVID‑19 era and will sit along a trail corridor near the Manchester distillery district. Celeste Lewis, a Public Art Commission member,…

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