FWPA | Engaging the Community through Thoughtful Programs and Events
Fort Worth Art Commission Meeting
Date: Monday, November 18, 2024
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Where: Como Community Center, 4660 Horne Street (76107)
This meeting will include a presentation of the Horne Street Preliminary Design. The full agenda may be accessed below.
Ciquio Vasquez Park Community Event
Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Worth Heights Community Center, 3551 New York Ave (76110)
Join us for the Center’s “Breakfast with Santa” event! Meet Ciquio Vasquez Park Public Artist J. Muzacz and get creative by making your own mosaic coaster. Learn about the Ciquio Vasquez public art project and share your feedback to help him prepare a meaningful hands-on workshop experience for the community.
Past Event: Dedication of Barnyard Promenade
Barnyard Promenade is a series of twelve large-scale kinetic weathervane along approximately three miles of the North Beach Corridor, from Shiver Road to Timberland Boulevard created by Christopher Fennell. Pivoting with the direction of the wind, each unique sculpture has the form of a native animal, bird or reptile, made from locally-sourced recycled materials.
Past Event: Poetry Program
Kinfolk House and Fort Worth Public Art teamed up for the public unveiling and reading of “My Southside, Our Community,” a poem written by April Lynn Pelton, Tarrant County’s Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate (2023), and commissioned by artist Christopher Blay as part of the East Rosedale Monument Project. Pelton’s “My Southside, Our Community” poem will be displayed on an electronic sign in the monument.
TOURS | Experience the Work Up Close
Visit our Tours page to select from 10 self-guided tours, each of which highlight 3 Public Artworks in close proximity to one another.
TEMPORARY ART | The Sheila and Houston Hill Courtyard Gallery
Local artist Kris Pierce installed a series of three permanent sculptural plinths in the courtyard of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in November 2019, providing a new temporary outdoor sculpture exhibitions organized by the Arts Council of Fort Worth:
An extension of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center galleries, the Sheila & Houston Hill Courtyard Gallery provides a venue to temporarily exhibit contemporary sculptural artwork in a prominent outdoor setting in one of the most architecturally significant Cultural Districts in the United States.
This program builds on the legacy of outdoor sculpture exhibitions at museums in the Cultural District while exploring relevant themes and issues while acting as a catalyst for conversations about art and community issues. The Fort Worth Community Arts Center’s Exhibitions Manager invited a select group of young artists to submit proposals for the inaugural Sheila & Houston Hill Courtyard Gallery. Two artists were selected to exhibit for one year. Each artist was chosen based on artistic merit, conceptual strength, and each artist’s ability to address relevant social and cultural issues.
