Public Art Commissioning ...
This is an image of Kenny Hunters work in progress for a project in Victoria Street in Rutherglen. The project is one of our arts commissioning projects with Clyde Gateway.
... I have always tried to encourage our team to collaborate with artists in our architecture.
e.g. ... I learned a great deal from Julia Radcliffe who was director of a company called Visual Arts Projects a small business that championed public art.
Visual Arts delivered the 5 Millennium Space projects which were the ambitious arts led public parks for the 1999 City of Architecture programme.
Supporting this type of arts consultancy initiative is hard and is reliant on continuous fund raising and good clients. To date I have successfully persuaded my colleagues to continue their commitment to this consultancy ... though the recession has certainly challenged our efforts.
Deborah Kell within our team has overseen this particular work with Kenny Hunter which promises to be a small but great art work for the East End. Deborah was previously involved in helping Kenny realise the Fireman sculpture which sits outside Central Station. A beautiful sculpture and one that incidentally took on a special significance post the 9-11 tragedy.
