TAMPA — Tampa International Airport’s governing board on Thursday approved spending nearly $2.4 million to commission seven more pieces of public art, including a striking 21-foot-tall sculpture of a giant pink flamingo.
“Great job,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said. “Those are fabulous.”
The airport will pay $520,000 for “Home,” by artist Matthew Mazzotta of Cambridge, Mass., to be installed as what the airport expects to be an iconic centerpiece in its main terminal.
Passers-by will see the hand-sculpted resin and fiberglass flamingo as it dips its head underwater to feed. It will be located near the Shoppes at Bayshore, with an installation targeted for this November.
“Unique, quiet, beautiful, kitsch and fun — all at once,” said Robin Nigh, the city of Tampa’s manager of arts and cultural affairs and a member of the airport’s public art committee, in an announcement released by the airport.
“The artwork should provide a visual respite: a sense of home for returning travelers and a sense of arrival for visitors," she said. " ‘Home’ will carry the meaning of what individuals bring to it, very much like one’s ‘real’ home.”
The airport spent $2.2 million during the first phase of its $2 billion expansion, which is designed to accommodate up to 34 million passengers a year, or about 50 percent more than use the airport now. In the second phase of the expansion, it expects to spend another $3.1 million on public art.
“We are more than a place that people simply pass through. We are the first and last impression of the Tampa Bay region,” airport chief executive officer Joe Lopano said in a statement. “Public art is critical to creating a sense of place and leaving our guests with a unique and engaging experience.”
A total of 734 artists from the bay area, Florida, the nation and around the world submitted proposals to the airport for this current round of installations. The airport’s public art committee, which includes representatives of the University of South Florida and the Tampa Museum of Art, reviewed the proposals, which were shortlisted and invited to submit a proposal for a specific location.
“Every airport has terminals, seating, gates and travelers — and every airport functions as a gateway,” airport executive vice president of marketing Chris Minner said in the announcement. “But how this initial experience happens — how it feels during those welcomes and goodbyes — is what elevates our shared experience and invites our travelers to become true representatives of our region.”
The other winning artists include:
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• Soo Sunny Park, of Hanover, N.H., who will produce a $300,000 hanging sculpture to be installed this fall in the atrium of the airport’s new SkyCenter office building.
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• Jason Hackenwerth, of St. Petersburg, who is creating a $96,898 hanging sculpture entitled Cove, which draws inspiration from coral reefs, for the third and fourth floor of the SkyCenter Atrium. Installation is expected this fall and winter.
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• Jason Bruges, of London, England, who is creating a $449,730 mixed media mural entitled Cloud Ascent to adorn the east wall of the red vertical circulation building. It is expected to be installed in the spring of 2023.
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• Catherine Wagner, of Oakland, Calif., who is creating a $285,000 mural featuring photos that are laser-etched onto anodized aluminum panels, for the northwest wall of the blue vertical circulation building. Installation is expected fall 2021.
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• Jason Middlebrook, of Hudson, N.Y., who is producing a $300,000 glass-tile mural depicting Florida flora and fauna at sunset, for the northwest wall of the blue vertical circulation building. Installation is expected in August 2021.
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• Aaron Stephan, of Portland, Maine, who created a $440,852 hanging sculpture out of 300 wooden ladders entitled “Paths Rising,” for the Main Terminal helix space between the Main Terminal and SkyConnect station. Installation is scheduled for this November.
Airport officials plan to make two more selections in the future.
2020-03-05 15:46:00Z
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