"Evolution in Gray" by Samuel Burns

The sculptures will be installed on August 1, and an artist-led Inaugural Sculpture Walk is scheduled for August 2. Self-guided walking tour brochures will be located at many key downtown businesses and public buildings. Artist-led tours for organized groups and school children will be available on request. The "People's Choice" voting will commence with the opening of the exhibit and continue through September. The winner will be announced in the November issue of A! Magazine.

This is the second year of the Art in Public Places project. Six sculptures were mounted in last year's competition and placed at the new library, at the Bristol Tennessee Courthouse, and on both sides of State Street. The original exhibit drew a warm and lively response from a cross-section of citizens, including art students from Vance and St. Anne's Middle Schools, and was termed a groundbreaking success. Organized and implemented by AAME's Art in Public Places Committee with the cooperation of both city governments, the project is funded completely by private donations from area businesses and individuals.