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[Public Art Project Survey] 4 questions answered

Ari Feinsmith inside Sunnyvale March 31, 2021, 10:08 PM

Please choose your top two concepts for Functional Art projects. Permanent artistic bike racks for City parks and open spaces, Hydroponic/Garden Art at Community Center
Please choose your top one concept for Whimsical small-scale projects. Smale-scale murals throughout City facilities and open spaces
Please choose your top three concepts for Temporary/Rotating art projects. Placement of art in empty storefront windows throughout City, Placement of identifiable sculptures altered by artists throughout City spaces (similar to Chicago cows, SF hearts or San Jose sharks), Temporary murals for construction fencing during Civic Center construction
Do you have any additional ideas for future public art projects? Murals on blank surfaces on bridges and blank walls in the city.

[Public Art Project Survey] 4 questions answered

Elana Feinsmith inside Sunnyvale March 31, 2021, 10:08 PM

Please choose your top two concepts for Functional Art projects. Permanent artistic bike racks for City parks and open spaces, Hydroponic/Garden Art at Community Center
Please choose your top one concept for Whimsical small-scale projects. Smale-scale murals throughout City facilities and open spaces
Please choose your top three concepts for Temporary/Rotating art projects. Placement of art in empty storefront windows throughout City, Placement of identifiable sculptures altered by artists throughout City spaces (similar to Chicago cows, SF hearts or San Jose sharks), Temporary murals for construction fencing during Civic Center construction
Do you have any additional ideas for future public art projects? I would like to see murals on concrete walls that are visible by cars and pedestrians. A good place would be the concrete wall that separates the Northbound traffic lane and the light rail on the Java-237 bridge.

[Public Art Project Survey] 4 questions answered

Galen Davis inside Sunnyvale March 31, 2021, 7:50 PM

Please choose your top two concepts for Functional Art projects. Permanent artistic bike racks for City parks and open spaces, Permanent artistic benches for City parks and open spaces
Please choose your top one concept for Whimsical small-scale projects. Smale-scale murals throughout City facilities and open spaces
Please choose your top three concepts for Temporary/Rotating art projects. Artist designed banners along El Camino Real celebrating seasons and cultural diversity, Placement of identifiable sculptures altered by artists throughout City spaces (similar to Chicago cows, SF hearts or San Jose sharks), Temporary murals for construction fencing during Civic Center construction
Do you have any additional ideas for future public art projects? We really need art about the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. It is shameful that we are not commemorating and taking responsibility for this heinous act.

[Public Art Project Survey] 3 questions answered

Name not shown inside Sunnyvale March 31, 2021, 6:48 PM

Please choose your top two concepts for Functional Art projects. Permanent artistic bike racks for City parks and open spaces
Please choose your top one concept for Whimsical small-scale projects. Smale-scale murals throughout City facilities and open spaces
Please choose your top three concepts for Temporary/Rotating art projects. Placement of art in empty storefront windows throughout City, Temporary murals for construction fencing during Civic Center construction

[Public Art Project Survey] 4 questions answered

Richard Mehlinger inside Sunnyvale March 31, 2021, 6:16 PM

Please choose your top two concepts for Functional Art projects. Permanent artistic bike racks for City parks and open spaces, Artist created wayfinding signs to downtown
Please choose your top one concept for Whimsical small-scale projects. Smale-scale murals throughout City facilities and open spaces
Please choose your top three concepts for Temporary/Rotating art projects. Placement of identifiable sculptures altered by artists throughout City spaces (similar to Chicago cows, SF hearts or San Jose sharks), Temporary murals for construction fencing during Civic Center construction, Artist designed clothing and accessories fashion show and exhibition
Do you have any additional ideas for future public art projects? I'd love to see more future art projects to draw on Sunnyvale's rich, diverse multi-cultural heritage. And while I love abstract art, too much of the city's public art is abstract. We need more diversity and representation in our public art!

[Public Art Project Survey] 3 questions answered

Mark Robichek inside Sunnyvale March 30, 2021, 9:18 PM

Please choose your top two concepts for Functional Art projects. Permanent artistic benches for City parks and open spaces, Artist created wayfinding signs to downtown
Please choose your top one concept for Whimsical small-scale projects. Permanent small-scale sculptures for City parks and open spaces
Please choose your top three concepts for Temporary/Rotating art projects. Placement of identifiable sculptures altered by artists throughout City spaces (similar to Chicago cows, SF hearts or San Jose sharks), Temporary sculpture garden at Community Center and Library plaza

[Public Art Project Survey] 4 questions answered

Name not shown inside Sunnyvale March 30, 2021, 11:10 AM

Please choose your top two concepts for Functional Art projects. Permanent artistic bike racks for City parks and open spaces, Hydroponic/Garden Art at Community Center
Please choose your top one concept for Whimsical small-scale projects. Smale-scale murals throughout City facilities and open spaces
Please choose your top three concepts for Temporary/Rotating art projects. Rotating sculpture at Community Center (E. Remington Drive and Manet), Placement of art in empty storefront windows throughout City, Temporary sculpture garden at Community Center and Library plaza
Do you have any additional ideas for future public art projects? Temporary sound art installment at community center/library plaza.

[Public Art Project Survey] 4 questions answered

Name not shown inside Sunnyvale March 29, 2021, 9:58 PM

Please choose your top two concepts for Functional Art projects. Hydroponic/Garden Art at Community Center, Artist created wayfinding signs to downtown
Please choose your top one concept for Whimsical small-scale projects. Permanent small-scale sculptures for City parks and open spaces
Please choose your top three concepts for Temporary/Rotating art projects. Placement of identifiable sculptures altered by artists throughout City spaces (similar to Chicago cows, SF hearts or San Jose sharks), Temporary sculpture garden at Community Center and Library plaza, Temporary murals for construction fencing during Civic Center construction
Do you have any additional ideas for future public art projects? Art that reminds us of the orchards and corn fields that use to be here, like the beautiful building on Mathilda at the foot of the overpass. It's much prettier than the garden center it replaced. :-)

[Public Art Project Survey] 3 questions answered

Stacy Braslau-Schneck outside Sunnyvale March 29, 2021, 9:10 PM

[Public Art Project Survey] 4 questions answered

Yvonne Reynolds inside Sunnyvale March 29, 2021, 7:03 PM

Please choose your top two concepts for Functional Art projects. Permanent artistic benches for City parks and open spaces, Hydroponic/Garden Art at Community Center
Please choose your top one concept for Whimsical small-scale projects. Smale-scale murals throughout City facilities and open spaces
Please choose your top three concepts for Temporary/Rotating art projects. Rotating sculpture at Community Center (E. Remington Drive and Manet), Artist designed banners along El Camino Real celebrating seasons and cultural diversity, Temporary sculpture garden at Community Center and Library plaza
Do you have any additional ideas for future public art projects? A banzai park