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| The Blue Trees art installation in Seattle earlier this year - Courtesy of Konstantin Dimopoulos |
Sactown magazine is reporting that on On Oct. 9, Australian artist
Konstantin Dimopoulos will begin coloring about 20 sycamore trees on both sides
of 13th street between J and K streets in downtown Sacramento, flanked by the
convention center and the Sheraton Grand Hotel. Using eco-friendly, bright,
ultramarine blue pigment, the artist will make a bold urban design statement
while hoping to draw attention to global deforestation issues.
The Tree
Foundation quickly partnered with the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission,
the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau and Sactown magazine to
help organize and fund the event. In only about a week’s time, the team raised
approximately $25,000 from community groups and leaders to make the project a
reality.
With the
help of volunteers, Dimopoulos will paint the trees over the course of five
days (Oct. 9-13). The paint is expected to last until the bark begins to shed
in spring, so the trees will remain blue for approximately six months.
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4 comments:
WHat happened to this blog?
Not much to talk about... all the talk of a new bridge across the Sac River into the railyards sounds just like all the other bridge talk over the years... Nor has the Design or Planning Commissions had an projects or meetings in quite a while. IMO, things are slowing even more :(
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