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I’ve been admiring my neighbor’s garden. I'm in awe of the lush balance and timing of each layer. As one plant blooms, another begins showing buds, and those buds turn to flowers. In each transition, a plant transforms space in a different and magnificent way. On a weekly, sometimes daily basis, the activity and change provide new ways to appreciate the garden as a whole. It reminds me of how public artworks take shape – layer by layer, each emerging in its own time to transform the spaces around them.
At the end of the month, our team will dedicate a new sculpture by Benjamin Ball, “Wellness Loop,” at Towson University’s College of Health Professions. It’s one of five commissioned public artworks installed across the state in the past year, each contributing to a larger creative ecosystem and responding to the environment they are designed for. And like a garden, these works aren’t fully complete until people begin to activate them, see themselves in them, and bring their own experiences to the space.
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