SPA Celebrates
Illumination Night!
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THANK YOU to everyone who came out last Friday to celebrate Summit Public Art's Illumination Night! More than a hundred people joined us for free guided tours of all the new public art installations around town then gathered on the Green for an evening of music, video, and lots of bubbles as we celebrated 20 years of Summit Public Art! It truly was a magical night and reminded us how fortunate we are to live in a community that values and supports public art!
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We were also honored to have some of our SPA artists there to celebrate with us. Thanks to Ronen Gamil, Donna Conklin King, Carlos Mendoza, and Willie Cole for coming out to help us kick off our new season!
Thanks also to Mayor Nora Radest and the City of Summit and to Beyond Main and Sweet Nothings and to all of our community sponsors for their generous support!
Special nights like this don't happen without an enormous amount of help, which is why we would like to thank Ellen de Havilland, Sarah Walko, and Deepa Whipple for organizing the event and all of our SPA board members whose hard work made this special evening possible.
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We would also like to thank our Community Art Experience Sponsors: Linda & Robert Flanagan, Vickie & Paul Guagliardo, Deige & Tom McLaughlin, Cheryl Barr & Tom O’Flynn, Rosen Kelly Conway Architecture + Design, and Debi & Fred Schwarzmann.
And our Community & Educational Experiences Supporters: Rick & Deepa Whipple, Robert Flanagan, Margery and Archie Gottesman, John and Aimee Feeley – Lois Schneider, David Naidu, Shally Saini, Mary Birmingham, Marjorie Fox, Leslie Herman, Amy Weiss, and Mukul Bishnoi.
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What we do is all about you, our Summit community. Through public art, we strive to add to the cultural vitality of our town and expand our sense of community pride. Over the past two decades, Summit Public Art has installed more than 80 temporary artworks around Summit as well as a number of permanent works including murals, stained glass, and the Silver Sentinel tree sculpture at the entrance to town. And work is currently underway on a new permanent sculpture at the Promenade Fountain downtown, which will be unveiled later this year. No one knows what the next twenty years will bring, but what we do know is that we look forward to continuing to provoke, educate, delight, and inspire!
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Illumination Night Highlights
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Artist Ronen Gamil (top right) addresses the crowd about his work Between Flagships, a site-specific installation inspired by flags corresponding to the ancestry of Summit residents whose families migrated to the United States.
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Artist Donna Conklin King discusses her work Cave Painting with tour-goers on the Summit Village Green.
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A group of tour-goers stops to discuss Paul Santoleri's mural The Watcher at Lyric Pocket Park in downtown Summit.
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A public art supporter tries on a pair of wings at Kelsey Montague's interactive mural What Lifts You.
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Tour-goers stop to admire Emil Alzamora's otherworldly Time Travelers on the Summit Promenade and at Kaus Way.
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Sculptor Carlos Mendoza discusses his sculpture Palm Tree, Series #3 with a tour group in the courtyard at Summit City Hall.
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A tour stops to admire Willie Cole's Woman in Heels on the Village Green.
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Music, video, and lots of bubbles greet visitors at the Illumination Night Happening on the Village Green.
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Visitors creating their own chalk art on the Green. |
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Photo credits: Michelle K. Miller |
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Head downtown and take a self-guided tour of all the new and exciting public art on display here in Summit!
Our new season offers several must-see works by a host of internationally-acclaimed artists. And, as always, our open-air gallery remains free and open to families and art lovers of all ages.
Just bring along this handy guide and come see for yourself why Summit has earned a reputation as one of New Jersey's premier destinations for world-class public art!
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To download the full guide to our new season, simply click here:
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Or visit us at www.summitpublicart.com where you’ll find SPA’s full online gallery of inspiring works from both the past and the present.
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From our followers:
"Particularly at a time like this, we need art
to help us stay in touch with our community."
“I LOVE that Summit is doing so much public art!”
“Truly one of the best perks of living in Summit is
the public art displayed. Thank you and looking
forward to the next installation!”
“Ten years ago, who would have thought
Summit would have an art scene? Love it!”
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Summit Public Art Needs You |
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As a 100% volunteer-run, donor-funded organization, we rely entirely on the generosity of Summit residents to provide the public art and community projects that you, your families, and visitors to our town enjoy on a daily basis. Since 2002, Summit Public Art has installed over 80 temporary art works, many by artists of national and international renown. If you would like to help us continue to enrich and inspire our community through public art, please click on the button below:
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Summit Public Art | summitpublicarts@gmail.com | www.summitpublicart.com |
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