public art
Past ProjectsThese are some of the public art comissions the Arts Unit has undertaken in recent years: Journey in Light The Arts Unit contracted with Peter Freeman, light artist to work as part of the design team for the Ryde Interchange project. Peter will be working an collaboration with Marks Barfield Associates, architects for the project, to realise light interventions that work positively with the building form with the aim of creating an exciting environment and iconic lighted structure that has presence and coherence to users of the interchange but offers a grand lighted gesture when viewed from a distance either on the Solent or from the mainland.
Additional works include a artistic lighting design input in the larger public domain works along Union Street with the idea of creating a visual journey connecting St Thomas’s square with Union Street and the proposed new travel interchange. 
Information about Peter and his work, Marks Barfield Associates and the interchange project can be found through the web links below. www.peterfreeman.com
www.marksbarfield.com
www.projectryde.org
Lead Artists apponted for Art @ The Centre Project The Art @ The Centre project in Pan appointed Ben Coode-Adams and Gerry Wall as lead artists on the project.
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 'What if...? Island Esplanades'
Island 2000 Trust's 'What if...? Island Esplanades' project won an Art + Award to fund artistic work around the Island's esplanades. For more information about the project or to buy a copy of the book please contact : enquiries@island2000.org.uk For more details about Art + click here.
The Brading Bull Artist: Paul Sivell
What: A bulls head carved during 2003. It represents the bulls which were baited in towns on the Island - particularly in Brading and Newport - up to the 1830s, by law, as the only acceptable way to supply tenderised meat to the poor (once in a while). (Ayling; 'History of Brading', researched from Brading Town records.)
Where: placed in the Town Trust enclosure adjacent to the Town Hall Brading on 4th December, 2003.
The Brading Dragon Artist: Paul Sivell
What: The Brading Dragon, carved on Brading Day 2000. It is carved out of a fallen Oak which looked as if it should be a dragon - to the eye of the chain-saw artist, Paul Sivell
Where: Placed in the Tudor Garden, opposite the Brading Bull Ring, on Brading Day 2001
Cowes Floating Bridge and Boat Trail Artist: Various
What: Curiosity boxes and enamel illustrations decorating the interior of the Floating Bridge between Cowes and East Cowes
Where: Floating Bridge joining East and West Cowes
The Koan Artist: Lilane Lijn
What: 8 metres high x base diameter 4 metres, fibreglass and neon light sculpture
Where: St. Mary's Hospital, Newport, 1997
From Source to Sea  Artist: Paul Mason
What: six sculptures along the course of the Eastern Yar River
Where: East Yar Valley. There is a booklet ‘The Yar River Trail’ available from Tourist Information Centres that illustrate this 19mile walk
Ventnor Way Markers Artist: Lucy Casson
What: A series of way markers and seats along the coastal paths.
Where: Coastal Paths, Ventnor
Quay Arts Public Art Commission
Artist: Sue Paraskeva
What: This large scale work is the result of a nationally advertised public art commission. The piece consists of a series of wall-mounted porcelain panels forming a ‘sun’ design.
Where: Quay Arts café terrace wall, overlooking Newport Harbour quayside.
Seaview Duver Coast Protection Scheme Artist: John Maine RA
What: Aesthetic improvements to a hard engineering project, through use of different rock types, colours, shapes and orientations.
Where: Duver Road, Seaview
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