Kao Lee Thao | University Avenue Commission

Echoing Voices is a temporary billboard installation by artist Kao Lee Thao. With support from the Jerome Foundation, Forecast Public Art selected Thao from a pool of local applicants to create a design for a billboard at the intersection of University and Cleveland Avenues in St. Paul. Thao chose the public visibility of the project to create a visual dialog about a topic close to her life, the Hmong Secret War.

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Jane Powers + Rita Davern | Research & Development

Powers and Davern are conducting research for Project Remembrance, a public art project reflecting on the history of the Dakota people. They will seek out Dakota artists for collaboration and locate sites throughout the Twin Cities for thought-provoking and interactive visual and sound site markers.
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Chris Pennington | Research & Development

Pennington is researching the creation of a billboard as art object, an architectural gallery "on a stick." Partnering with local archtects Ralph Nelson and Don Vu of Loom Studio he will explore all the various possibilities and applications of this idea and create CAD drawings and a working model.
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Anna Metcalfe + Grace Davitt | Public Project

Metcalfe and Davitt hosted weekly meals in North Minneapolis using handmade plates and local produce. The weekly cookouts, with one-of-a-kind ceramic tableware, gave participants a chance to form connections with one another, the artwork, and enjoy local food with members of the community.
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Therese Kunz + Susan Ugstad | Public Project

Kunz and Ugstad created The Rooms of Your House for the Remer Depot in downtown Remer, MN. This sculptural installation has an entry point (front door) and exit point and in between are four rooms and a long hallway that viewers walks through, observing and listening to the artists' narrative. Viewers are asked to choose an object along the way that will become part of a permanent art piece for the Depot.