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Raleigh artist Matt McConnell, with designers Lee Cherry and Marc Russo, was commissioned in 2012 by the Public Art and Design Board to create public art at the Wilders Grove facility that would integrate recycled materials into its design and raise awareness regarding the various ways to reduce and reuse waste.<\/p>\n
The resulting artwork, titled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Wilders Grove Project,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a 40-foot-long interactive wall relief that conveys the evolution and transformation of waste products through the use of recycled materials embedded with animated kaleidoscopes. More than 200 volunteers contributed time and materials to the project.<\/p>\n
The Wilders Grove Project is an 8 x 40 foot flowing relief wall of recycled materials and interactive kaleidoscope videos at the entrance of the Wilders Grove Waste Facility in Raleigh, NC. Its purpose is to attract visitors and raise awareness about the advantages and contributions of thoughtful waste management and recycling.<\/p>\n The conceptual vision:<\/p>\n We present these elements so visitors can reflect on their actions relating to the impact of waste on our natural environment and connect the services of the Wilders Grove Waste Facility to the betterment of the future.<\/p>\n In the Press<\/strong><\/p>\n Back of the House Travel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Wilders Grove public art project focuses on recycling<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Wilders Grove Solid Waste Services Facility to Celebrate Public Art Unveiling and LEED Platinum Certification<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Raleigh community chips in to build recycling art installation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Triangle ArtWorks – Raleigh\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Latest Public Art Piece tells a story through trash \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and you can help build it.<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n William Lee Cherry\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0has 10 years of interactive software development & project management experience as a technical producer, interactive designer and information architect. He has developed and managed large-scale interactive projects that leverage technology, user interface design and information graphics for such companies as American Express, Accipiter, B\u00c3\u00b6we Bell & Howell, GlaxoSmithKline, Grant Hill Ventures, IBM, NBC Sports, Nortel and The United States Tennis Association.<\/p>\n Matt McConnell of McConnell Studios<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0holds degrees in Architecture and Industrial Design from the NC State College of Design and has fifteen years of professional experience in large-scale sculpture, architectural installation, and lighting design including hundreds of commissions, both functional and non-functional. McConnell Studios creates custom designed elements for\u00c2\u00a0residential,\u00c2\u00a0commercial\u00c2\u00a0 and public spaces with the goal of enhancing the environments in which we live, work, and play.<\/p>\n Marc Russo<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0is an Assistant Professor of Art + Design in the College of Design at North Carolina State University with a focus on new media and animation design. In addition to teaching, Russo also works as a freelance designer and shows his work nationally and internationally in art and design galleries and exhibitions.<\/p>\n Support<\/strong><\/p>\n Zap McConnell<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Raleigh artist Matt McConnell, with designers Lee Cherry and Marc Russo, was commissioned in 2012 by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,26,10,35,5,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artdesign","category-exhibit","category-information-design","category-innovation","category-non-profit","category-portfolio","category-public-art","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"wgindex02\"](\"http:\/\/www.williamcherry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/wgindex02.jpg\")
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\nPrincipal Artists
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\n<\/a> Sara Phoenix<\/a>
\n<\/a>Ande Ventura
\nGinger Cherry
\nRebekah Desloge
\nTaylor White
\n<\/a>Catherine Hofmann
\n<\/a>Gab Smith \/\/ CAM Raleigh\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>
\nJoan Ellen Deck \/\/ Visual Art Exchange<\/p>\n