The West Washington Street Parking Deck features metal silhouette panels designed by local artists Elizabeth Debban, and Chet Thomas.
A statue of Georgia’s first aviator, Ben T. Epps, is located on West Washington Street, directly across from the site of the former bicycle shop where Epps built his first plane in 1907. The Ben Epps Statue Committee partnered with the Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation to raise money to commission and place the statue.
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The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) is extending the call for artists (or teams) to submit designs for bus shelter art that will be fabricated as part of a new bus shelter(s) within the Athens Transit System. The selected artist(s) will work with the ACAC and government staff to create public art that enhances the…
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Here is the link to yesterday afternoon’s webinar recap to answer some FAQs about our current call for Bus Shelters: https://recordings.join.me/-uZHF0U4GUqwUu4D7ek-IA You can also view the slide presentation and transcript below:
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The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission, along with the SPLOST and Transit departments, will be hosting an online webinar on Wednesday, July 18th at 4:30PM to answer questions about the current artist call for new bus shelters. Links to join the webinar will be posted on athensculturalaffairs.org as well as their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram feeds….
