A survey of public art in Ann Arbor

2. The Ann Arbor Public Art Commission was founded in 1998.
AAPAC’s mission is to bring to the City of Ann Arbor public art that improves the
aesthetic quality of public spaces and structures, provides for cultural and
recreational opportunities, contributes to local heritage, stimulates economic
activity, and promotes the general welfare of the community.

3. Public Art in Ann Arbor
Highlights

4. Urban Configurations • Decorative metal grates • 4th and Washington Parking Structure
Sponsored by the Downtown Public Art Committee and the Commission on Art in Public Places
Irina Koukhanova

5. Untitled • Stoneware panels • 4th and Washington
Parking Structure
Sponsored by the Downtown Public Art Committee and the
Commission on Art in Public Places
Barron Naegel and Yiu-Keung Lee

6. Frames • Glass tile mosaic mural • 4th and Washington Parking Structure
Sponsored by the Downtown Public Art Committee and the Commission on Art in Public Places
Michael Hall

7. Umbororo Crossing • 2008 Golden Paintbrush winner
Temporary installation • Ann Arbor City Hall
Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed

8. Festifools • 2007 Golden Paintbrush winner
Mark Tucker and Shoshana Hurand
Photo courtesy Myra Klarman, myraklarman.com

9. Stainless steel sculpture • Donated by McKinley and Associates
Restored and relocated to Pittsfield Township Library Branch
David Lee Brown

12. Imagine/Align • Community-based art installation
University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum
Susan Skarsgard

13. TreeFORMS
West Park , Ann Arbor, Michigan 2011
Travis Pelletier

14. Fairy Doors • 2006 Golden Paintbrush winner
Jonathan B. Wright
Collaborators: Peaceable Kingdom • Voila • The Ark • Selo/Shevel • Sweetwaters • Red Shoes

15. Allmendinger Park Pavilion
To be completed November 2012
Mary Thiefels

16. Great Lakes
Ecosystems
Mosaic Murals
2009
Golden
Paintbrush
Winner
University of
Michigan
Matthaei
Botanical
Gardens
Julia
Hanansen
and 47
volunteers
of all ages

17. Ten • Hand-cut glass mosaic mural • 322 E. Liberty Street
Commissioned by Denali Development Group
David Chung

18. Mickey Mouse
Parking Meter
Sidewalk
Paintings
Stenciled faces were
strategically positioned
under shadows cast from
downtown parking meters
Originally created in 1985.
Chris Dunn
Chris died in 1986. Friends
and family restored the
paintings in later years.
Pencil drawing: Elizabeth Postmus,
courtesy the Ann Arbor Observer

21. Mott Children’s Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2012
Paul Villinski

24. Enchanted Beanstalk •in publicly accessibleon windowand waiting areasdetail. ! clinic tower. !
Vinyl is applied to inside of windows
2012 Golden Paintbrush winner
Enchanted Beanstalk, 2011. Adhesive vinyl
corridors
glass. External
of the
Mott Children’s and Van Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, UM Medical Center
Adhesive vinyl on window glass.
Jim Cogswell

25. Sidewalk Chalk
Drawings
2012
Golden Paintbrush
Winner
Downtown
Ann Arbor
•
David Zinn

30. Arch • Steel sculpture
Restored and reinstalled at Sculpture Plaza, 4th Avenue and Catherine
David Heberling