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Artist Matthew Mazzotta lays out three themes for Grand Connection Crossing art plan
Summary
At a January Arts Commission meeting, public artist Matthew Mazzotta presented three organizing themes'repair, refuge and technology/nature'for artworks planned along the Grand Connection Crossing and described community engagement, design coordination and next steps toward concept development.
Matthew Mazzotta, the public artist selected to develop the Grand Connection Crossing art plan, told the Bellevue Arts Commission that his work will center three possible themes ' "Repair," "Refuge" and "Technology and the natural world" ' after a community engagement period in which he met more than 100 residents and stakeholders.
"This first concept is called repair," Mazzotta said, describing three ways the idea could be applied: repairing natural systems (for example, surfacing that helps people understand stormwater and creeks), repairing the social fabric by acknowledging cultural injustice and history, and "repairing the future" by using art to explore long-term resilience.
Scott McDonald, the city's public art specialist, told…
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