What is up with that steel pole in Sedgefield?
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There is a mysterious steel pole with a concrete base standing by itself in the heart of the Sedgefield neighborhood, at the corner of Marsh and Wriston. Is it half of a new volleyball court, a basketball goal, or even a model rocket launch platform?
Turns out this steel pole is the first step in a yearlong project to create a piece of public art.
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The Sedgefield neighborhood is riding the wave of growth along the South Boulevard corridor, balancing the past and the future. This post-war neighborhood is feeling the fast-paced change and embracing it by looking forward but not forgetting its past.
The pole will be a part of that. The Arts & Science Council selected Paula Smith as the artist charged with turning it into a centerpiece. It will be a totem piece of art, to be covered with ceramic mini-art pieces.
The Sedgefield neighbors were invited to the artist studio in early January to create personal pieces of art that will be included as small stories in the larger art piece.
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Stay tuned and watch the progress.