SHORTLISTED FOR AMBITIOUS PUBLIC ART PROJECT

January 2005

Kevin has been shortlisted for Project 52 – an ambitious initiative to create a unique contemporary public art experience along a sculpture trail in West Cumbria. He has been selected, alongside a number of international artists, to produce a series of temporary and permanent external artworks that are connected with recycling and waste. 

Project 52’s aim is to draw attention to the problems of waste and to encourage a wider support for waste minimisation. 20 sites are proposed for the art installations and ten for a main programme of commissions. In addition, an educational programme aims to increase recycling activities, as well as to raise awareness.

A feasibility study is now complete, in which five public art project management companies expressed an interest. Working pArts, in collaboration with Commissions in the Environment, were appointed. The commissioning process for artworks has commenced.