Fort Worth and Dallas art installations among Top 100 CODAaward finalists, voting open now
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Two public art installations in Dallas-Fort Worth are among 3 in the state nominated as a Top 100 CODAaward finalist this year.
The CODAawards is an international art competition that celebrates projects that "successfully integrate commissioned art into interior, architectural, or public spaces."
The general public has the opportunity to vote on 100 large-scale community artworks from around the world that have been nominated for the award.
Voting will take place from June 24 to July 16.
Dallas
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Shadow Lines by Shane Allbritton and Norman Lee, artists and co-founders of RE:site
Shadow Lines, Memorial for the Victims of Racial Violence by Shane Allbritton and Norman Lee, artists and co-founders of RE:site, sits in Martyrs Park in downtown Dallas.
The site marks where Patrick Jenning, the Rev. Samuel Smith and Cato Miller were lynched in 1860 after being wrongfully accused of starting a slave revolt.
The work is inspired the words of Dr. George Keaton, that this memorial “will be a reverent reminder that lynchings happened on the ground we walk on every day.”
Built like a sundial, the memorial highlights the dates and names of each victim of racially motivated lynchings and hangings from the time of slavery to the Jim Crow era in Dallas.
Fort Worth
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Do Something Good for Your Neighbor by The Art Studio at RDG Planning & Design
Do Something Good for Your Neighbor by The Art Studio at RDG Planning & Design is alongside Lake Como in Fort Worth.
This public art installation honors local community leader William H. Wilburn Sr. and is inspired by the natural beauty and rich history of Lake Como Park.
The steel sculpture has text excerpts from The Lake Como Weekly archives and other historically relevant documents engraved in the sides.
A bench running through the structure invites viewers to sit and reflect.
The goal of this artwork was to howcase the unique qualities of the Lake Como community and to share its story with future generations.