Signshop: Not unlike its artistic inspiration, community spirits soared at the June 7 unveiling of the new “Eagles in Flight” public artwork in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, as part of the city’s 2014 Pitt Meadows Day and Centennial celebration. The cubed-shaped mural installed in the city’s Harris Road Park is a collaborative effort of Pitt Meadows’ resident and internationally recognized artist Brad Dinwoodie and community residents.
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In all honesty I think this is a really ugly piece of art and the painted on eagles in the background makes it so. I think that if there was not the overlapping image, those in the community would have been freer to be more creative with their particular tiles. In which case, the Public Artwork would have maybe come out to be more interesting. But that is just my harsher artistic opinion. The IDEA behind this public work is really great though and I wish there were more projects like these around New York and Pittsburgh. It must be really exciting for kids to see their work up on public display. Judging by the article (the fact that the kids were not really understanding the “staying within the lines” concept) it seems like a better idea was to hold painting stations that day, letting kids, teens, and parents take a tile to paint and therefore they would be completely separate and if the kids went outside the lines, it wouldn’t matter because they would not be effecting the rest of the piece. Just a thought.
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