A public art installation in Florida crafted by Dixie Friend Gay, renowned artist and creator of two public art projects in The Woodlands Town Center, is one of 45 public art works to be recognized among the best in the country by the National Arts Conference.

At the annual Public Art Year in Review conference on June 22, two independent public art experts – Boston Architectural Center President Ted Landsmark and environmental artist Jody Pinto – presented their choices for the most exemplary, innovative permanent or temporary public art works created or debuted in 2007.

Dixie Friend Gay’s Ephemeral Everglades, installed in 2007 at the Port of Miami, Florida, was one of the works selected for this distinguished recognition. Gay’s works of art in The Woodlands include “At the Water’s Edge”, nine glass mosaic tile panels depicting a variety of wildlife native to southeast Texas.

The panels are installed in niches beneath the Waterway Avenue Bridge on The Woodlands Waterway®. Gay is pictured here installing “At the Water’s Edge”. Another piece entitled “Treasures from Grandma’s Purse” is installed at the interactive children’s fountain at Waterway Square.
Source: TWDC