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Artist Richard Nash urges Oak Harbor to fix Windjammer Park installations; commission to evaluate
Summary
Artist Richard Nash told the Arts Commission the Teacher’s Tribute Garden and several sculptures at Windjammer Park have fallen into disrepair and urged the city to create a maintenance plan. Staff said there is no dedicated maintenance schedule and will meet with Nash to scope needs and possible use of a small arts maintenance fund.
Richard Nash, an artist who has worked on multiple public pieces in Oak Harbor, told the Arts Commission on Nov. 13 that parts of Windjammer Park — including the Teacher’s Tribute Garden and the founder sculpture — are in “very bad shape” and need a maintenance plan.
Nash recounted before-and-after photos showing dead madrones, plantings overrun by debris and the disappearance of the plexiglass doors from a community “leave a book, take a book” box. “It’s just absolutely horrific what’s happened to that space,” Nash said,…
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