5 QUESTIONS WITH OUR NEW CITY ARTIST, AARON DYSART We are thrilled to announce Aaron Dysart as our new City Artist! He brings 14 years of experience in visual art focused on environmental preservation, civic engagement, and exposing and simplifying hidden infrastructure and systems. His years-long connection with Public Art Saint Paul dates back to…
2015-2016 SIDEWALK POETRY CONTEST Congratulations to this year’s 8 winners and 5 honorable mentions! The panelists were: Heid Erdrich, J. Otis Powell!, Paige Riehl, Saymoukda Vongsay, and Marcus Young. We thank everyone who submitted. Thank you for supporting Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk, a work of art that turns our fair city into a…
Post by CREATE Artist Seitu Jones With today’s beautiful sunrise over St. Paul, I reflect on this date and time last year and remember how beautiful the sunrise was last year on September 14. I also remember how I felt as I began that day after spending two years developing, CREATE: The Community Meal, a…
The Board of Directors of Public Art Saint Paul is pleased to announce it has appointed Colleen J. Sheehy, Ph.D., as President and Executive Director. The appointment is effective July 1. Ms. Sheehy will succeed Christine Podas-Larson, the founder of Public Art Saint Paul, who is retiring June 30 after 28 years leading the organization….
Public Art Saint Paul was born in 1987. I was there at the founding and through leading the organization on a remarkable 28-year journey, I have come to deeply know and love our beautiful city on the great Mississippi. One week from today I will retire. Though I made this decision nearly two years ago,…