{"id":20554,"date":"2025-11-06T16:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsandscience.org\/?p=20554"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:49:34","slug":"remarkable-impact-asc-stewards-10-public-artworks-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsandscience.org\/remarkable-impact-asc-stewards-10-public-artworks-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarkable Impact: ASC Completes 10 Public Artworks in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t

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Artist <\/span>Mary Carter Taub<\/span><\/b><\/a> thinks many of us sleepwalk through our days.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>
Her art is designed to wake us up, or as she said, to \u201cbreak through the doldrums.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>
The Chapel Hill-based artist achieves that goal with her new work, <\/span>Loop de Loop<\/span><\/i><\/b>, which is one of 10 public art projects ASC managed in 2025. It was installed in its highly visible location \u2013 in front of the SouthPark Regional Library with a ribbon cutting ceremony held in August.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This has been a year in which public art has had a remarkable impact on the community and a year filled with \u201ccurated moments of wonder in unexpected places,\u201d according to <\/span>Randella Davis<\/span><\/b>, ASC\u2019s Program Director for Public Art.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>
New public art is installed throughout the county each year, and ASC shepherds through each project from inception to installation. It\u2019s been that way for 30 years. That\u2019s how long ASC has<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>been entrusted with managing the process.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>
It was 1992 when the city and county adopted a joint resolution to support public art as part of public infrastructure, which means our local government considers public art essential to a vibrant region. That\u2019s why the Mecklenburg County Commissioners and the Charlotte City Council appropriated 1% of eligible capital improvement project funds for it.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>
In Charlotte-Mecklenburg, public art is truly <\/span>public<\/span><\/i>. ASC doesn\u2019t choose the project sites or budget; the city and county do. Government officials don\u2019t choose the art; citizens have had a say in all 208 (and counting) public works that have become part of the environment over the past three decades.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>
ASC\u2019s leadership helps ensure that the art chosen is high-caliber and reflective of the community.\u202fThe right work of art can transform a public space into a vibrant, inspiring <\/span>experience<\/span><\/i>. It can, as Taub said, \u201cjolt us out of the day-to-day and into the sublime.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Of the 10 public artworks selected in 2025, six have been installed to date. The listings below include the artwork\u2019s title, artist, location and whether it was funded through the city or county. <\/p>
Loop de Loop<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Mary Carter Taub<\/span><\/b>, SouthPark Loop (7015 Carnegie Blvd.), City of Charlotte (Installed January 2025)<\/span><\/span>
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Weightless Monument<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Benjamin Ball (Ball-Nogues Studio)<\/span><\/b>, CLT Airport Concourse A Phase 1, City of Charlotte (Installed March 2025)<\/span>
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Carolina Canopy<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Dixie Friend Gay<\/span><\/b>, CLT Airport International Arrival Wall, City of Charlotte (Installed April 2025)<\/span><\/span>
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Responder<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Blessing Hancock<\/span><\/b>, Fire Dept. Firehouse #45 (5800 N. Tryon St.), City of Charlotte (Installed June 2025)<\/span><\/span>
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Generations of Growth<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Bree Stallings<\/span><\/b>, Naomi Drenan Recreation Center (750 Beal St.), Mecklenburg County (Installed August 2025)<\/span><\/span>
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The Four Elements<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Ed Walker<\/span><\/b>, Fire Dept. Firehouse #30 (3019 Beam Rd.), City of Charlotte (Installed September 2025)<\/span><\/span>
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Nurture and Nature<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Olalekan Jeyifous<\/span><\/b>, CLT Airport Domestic Arrival Wall, City of Charlotte (Anticipated Instillation November 2025)<\/span><\/span>
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Wildflower<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Oliver Lewis<\/span><\/b>, Park Rd. Park Pavilion (6220 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210), Mecklenburg County (Anticipated Instillation November 2025)<\/span><\/span>
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Wings<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Meredith Connelly<\/span><\/b>, Ezell Farm Park (<\/span>4101 Mintwood Dr, Mint Hill, NC 28227<\/span>), Mecklenburg County (Anticipated Instillation December 2025)<\/span><\/span>
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A Couple of Trees<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Walter Hood\/Hood Studios<\/span><\/b>, Discovery Place\/Nature Museum (658 Sterling Rd, Charlotte, NC 28209), Mecklenburg County (Anticipated Instillation December 2025)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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