We’ve submitted a design proposal in paper and book arts for the Walnut Creek Public Library in California.  Our commissioned works based on the theme Inpiration Station and employing the technique of color field theory would fill the young adult/teen reading areas.  The library is a new, beautifully designed structure slated for opening in March 2010.  

If selected, Lange’s rotating installation work would accompany Los Angeles artist Christian Moeller who has been commissioned by the city to design the Library’s signature piece.  it will stand inside the gallery’s main entrance. Additional individual works of art are to be purchased or commissioned to fill the library’s common areas in the buildings’ lobbies, reading rooms, community gallery, children’s library, and children’s garden, as well as outside in adjacent plazas.

Walnut Creek has officially encouraged public art projects in the community since 1982, when the City Council approved the first public art requirements and guidelines. In 1999, in order to formalize public art acquisition and placement throughout the City, the Walnut Creek Arts Commission produced the Public Art Master Plan. This comprehensive public art policy for the City of Walnut Creek standardized guidelines, enabling citizens and City staff members to better visualize, organize, and implement public art projects.

Walnut Creek officially adopted its Public Art Program in 2000 when the City Council approved two key ordinances mandating funding and the inclusion of public art in new development and renovation projects. Since the Program’s inception, artwork has been installed at Olympia Plaza, Ygnacio Center, the Corners, and City Hall Plaza. Upcoming projects include artworks for the Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, the new Main Library, and Alma Park.

Text Credit:  http://www.bedfordgallery.org/public_art.htm