Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
PUBLIC ART ENDOWMENT
ENSURING A VIBRANT FUTURE FOR ALL OF GREENSBORO
Established by a gift from the law firm of Schell Bray Aycock Abel and Livingston in honor of the firm’s 20th anniversary, the Public Art Endowment at the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro is a permanent fund for the creation of new community artwork and is the only fund of its kind in the area.
Growing Public Art in Greensboro
With guidance from the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro and other arts organizations, including Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greenhill Center for NC Art, and ArtsGreensboro, the Public Art Endowment Fund helps preserve and expand Greensboro’s sense of community by facilitating the long-term and permanent placements of significant public artworks throughout the city.
The Public Art Endowment is governed by its Trustees, a passionate group of enthusiasts for the arts and for Greensboro. Trustees are involved in all aspects of the endowment, including selection of artworks and development of related programming, as well as advocacy within the greater community for the Public Art Endowment and its mission. Trustees are supported in their work by the Art Selection Committee, made up of arts professionals from around the country who make recommendations of multiple artists or specific works for consideration.
Our goal is to improve the quality of life in Greensboro by creating a more colorful, vibrant, and creative community. Though it began with mostly temporary installations, the Endowment unveiled its first permanent, commissioned work of art, an aerial sculpture entitled “Where We Met” by Janet Echelman, in LeBauer Park in August 2016.
The Endowment aims to continue focusing its efforts on funding permanent artworks, like the Van Dyke Windows installed in the Greensboro Cultural Center by artist Carl Powell.
Public Art creates art museums without walls that are free and open to all. The PAE strives to activate cultural connectivity, enhance economic vitality, and create a compelling visual experience for both the residents of Greensboro and the many visitors to our city.
The PAE is collaborative and focused: it benefits from strong partnerships and collaborations with other local organizations including the Greensboro Science Center which will be the site for our newest sculpture in late 2021. Our next collaboration is with the Moses Cone Hospital at their south entrance on Northwood Street. Since 2008, the PAE has provided the Greensboro community with nine temporarily installed artworks loaned to us by artists, two interactive, temporary art projects, and seven permanently installed public artworks.
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Make a pledge or one-time donation of any amount.
Donate via check
A check made out to “Public Art Endowment” can be sent by mail to the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro at:
CFGG
301 North Elm St., Suite 100
Greensboro, NC 27401
Matching Gifts
Ask your employer if they have a matching gifts program. They are often dollar-for-dollar, but some companies could double or triple your original donation.
Stock and Other Gifts
Gifts of stocks, securities, real estate, IRA distributions, or life insurance are accepted to support the Public Art Endowment. Stock gifts should be emailed to the Community Foundation and initiated through your broker. Please include details of stock name, number of shares, and which fund to credit.
Legacy Gifts
A bequest is a flexible and impactful way to give to Public Art Endowment for generations to come. Changes can be made due to personal circumstances at any time.
How to become a trustee?
Trustees choose to make a commitment at one of three stewardship levels: $25,000+ to become an Endowment Trustee, $10,000 or $5,000 to become a Trustee. Any of these commitments may be paid over five years and confer a lifetime position as a Trustee. The more you give, the bigger your vote, but the maximum number of votes you can accumulate is 5. At the $25,000+ level, Endowment Trustees also are eligible to help determine the project budget as well as cull an initial pool of artist prospects. Please contact us for more information.
Sarah Britt
Development Manager
sbritt@cfgg.org
(336) 790-7766
Cheryl Stewart
Public Art Endowment Consultant
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Public Art Endowment Collection
2024/2026
Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex
The PAE has begun a collaboration with the City of Greensboro for an interior artwork for the Windsor Chavis Nocho Community Complex. The artist will be selected in October 2024.
2023
Heart and Vascular Center at Moses H. Cone Hospital
The PAE donated $25,000 to create a Parking Deck Screen at the New Heart & Vascular Center at Moses H. Cone Hospital. The screen will be visible from Wendover Avenue and was created by artist Monique Luck. The Screen will be installed in Fall 2024.
2022/2024
Moses Cone Hospital Project
The Public Art Endowment (PAE) and Cone Health are commissioning an iconic piece of art that will go in a large circular area between the Cone Health Heart & Vascular Center and the Women’s & Children’s Center at Moses Cone Hospital.
In September 2022, artist Cliff Garten was selected to create a signature sculpture on the campus of Moses Cone Hospital. Garten is the founder of Cliff Garten Studio in Venice, California. With a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Landscape Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
On November 1, 2023, Cliff Garten unveiled his design for Corous a sculpture that will be placed in the green space between the Women’s and Children’s Cneter and the Heart and Vascualr Center on E. Northwood Street. The sculpture in in fabrication and is expected to be installed at the end of Summer 2024.
2019/2022
RELATIVITY David Hess 2022 Stainless Steel
A collaboration between the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro’s Public Art Endowment (PAE) and the Greensboro Science Center was created for the facilitation of the fabrication and installation of a work of public art to be displayed on the outside of the GSC facility located on Lawndale Drive in Greensboro, NC. This site will be accessible and free to all who come into the park area. This art project will focus on transforming the entry plaza of the GSC’s newly renovated entrance as a special place to gather and interact with science and art at the same time! Along with $75,000 and $30,000 in in-kind services from the PAE, the project now has a budget of $275,000 due to $170,000 in gracious gifts from our patrons. The PAE selected Maryland artist David Hess in January 2020 to design and create the new sculpture installed in February 2022.
2018
Fall by Andy Dunnill
Fall by the late Andy Dunnill, an art professor at UNCG, was a gift from Jane and Richard Levy to the PAE who in turn gave it to the City of Greensboro in 2018. The piece was created in 1997 and has been shown in Chicago at the Navy Pier Exhibition and also at Socrates Park in NYC. It is a quintessential work of the artist, showing bold, imposing forms with figurative overtones.
2017
Da Dans by Carl Powel
A new stained glass installation on the exterior of the Van Dyke Performance Space located at the Greensboro Cultural Center at 200 N. Davie in Greensboro, the piece is entitled “De Dans” and was a joint project of the Public Art Endowment, an initiative of the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, and the City of Greensboro. Installed in October 2017, the windows are illuminated at dusk every night.
The work was created by Asheville artist Carl Powell. The name is a nod to the Dutch heritage of the building’s namesake Jan Van Dyke, and the building’s design as a dance venue. Powell was inspired by both the facility’s purpose and its surroundings.
“I tried to convey the joy of dance and my interpretation of movement and color that will hopefully relate to the space and to the wonderful park that is outside,” he said.
2016
Where We Met by Janet Echelman
The 2016 installation and lighting of the Echelman sculpture, commissioned to honor the area’s rich textile history, was the highlight of the LeBauer Park opening ceremony week. The first permanent, commissioned artwork by The Public Art Endowment at The Community Foundation, Where We Met, was supported by the LeBauer bequest and a $1 million grant from The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation, established by and named for the late textile industrialist.
The largest public art installation in the southeast, Where We Met is an undulating, colorful net hung high above the park’s Great Lawn from four mammoth pylons positioned around the perimeter. The connecting shape from which the net is draped mirrors an 1896 map of N.C. railroad tracks connecting many of the state’s major textile hubs at the time.
2016
Peacehaven Sensory Space by Carrie Gault and Cynthia Frank
As children explore the space, they can run their fingers over a variety of textures, see bright colors and distinct designs, and listen to their voices echo through holes in the wall. Completed in 2016, this sculpture was completed through special gifts and leadership of Peacehaven Community Farm. Artists worked closely with the community to create a space that is accessible to children of all abilities.
For more information, please read this news article about the space.
2015
Rise Together Greensboro by Charlie Brouwer
Over 300 participants from throughout the community provided more than 500 ladders to create a sculpture symbolizing community building. Our temporary sculpture project by Virginia artist Charlie Brouwer served as the featured kickoff of the 2015 17DAYS Festival and the local debut of the National Folk Festival.
2014
O’Henry Suite/Maria J. Kirby-Smith
This is a three-piece, bronze statue set honoring the late author O’Henry and is currently placed at the corner of North Elm and Bellemeade Streets. Gifted to the PAE by Real Property, it includes the following: an open book of the short stories, “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Ransom of Red Chief”; O’Henry’s dog, Lovey; and O’Henry himself.
2014
Tagtool/OMAi Sessions by Markus Dorninger
The Greensboro Sessions by Markus Dorninger of Vienna, Austria, marked the U.S. debut of this dynamic public art experience – a unique, interactive light show in which participants helped create projected images on the sides of buildings, among other activities. This fun light display visited Greensboro in 2014.
2013
Three Liner by Evan Lewis
Three Liner by Evan Lewis made its debut within the median of Green Valley Road near the Proximity Hotel in 2013 and at the entrance to the Cone Health’s Wesley Long Campus in 2016.
2013
Saw Dog by Vollis Simpson
Saw Dog by Vollis Simpson was temporarily installed on the grounds of the Cone Health Cancer Center as part of a partnership between The Public Art Endowment and Cone Health to provide more art to patients there in 2013.
2012
Tre Venezia and Cassata by Peter Shire
Tre Venezia by Peter Shire, along with its companion piece, Cassata, was installed on the grounds of the Greensboro Cultural Center on Davie Street in 2012 and remained there for 3 years.
2011
Standing Vase with Five Flowers by James Surls
Standing Vase with Five Flowers by James Surls graced the median along Green Valley Road in 2011. It now permanently resides in New Orleans LA.
2010
Entrance to a Garden by Dennis Oppenheim
Entrance to a Garden by Dennis Oppenheim was unveiled on the front lawn of the VF/Wrangler building downtown in 2010. It has now found a permanent home at the Storm King Art Center in New York. Dennis was a native of Washington State. He received his B.F.A. from the School of Arts and Crafts, and an M.F.A. from Stanford University. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
2009
Guardian II by Billy Lee
Guardian II by internationally renowned artist Billy Lee of Greensboro sits on the grounds of the Old Guilford County Courthouse. The Endowment’s first permanent installation, this sculpture was a generous gift by Jane and Richard Levy and the employees of their company, HBD, Inc. The Guardian was installed in 2009.
Steering Committee
as of April 2024
Robin Barefoot
Mary Copeland
Katherine Davey (Chair)
Reid Phillips
Nancy Doll
David Hagan
Marty Halyburton
Lisa Johnson
April Knight
Harriette Knox
Rene Lawrence
Rodney Ouzts (Chair Elect)
Trustees
as of August 2023
ENDOWMENT TRUSTEES ($25,000 AND UP)
Adair Armfield
Robin & Quint Barefoot
Margaret & Bill Benjamin
Gail Boulton
Nancy Brooks
Nancy & Jim Bryan
Joseph M. Bryan, Jr.
Frances & Frank Bullock
Lisa & Willie Bullock
Linda & Jim Carlisle
Clem & Hayes Clement
Sally & Bob* Cone
Janet Echelman
The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation
Morgan & Jack Horner
Anne & Sam Hummel
Barbara Kretzer*
Larry & Rene’ Lawrence
Jane & Richard Levy
Kathryn & Bobby Long
Gloria & Reid Phillips
Alice & Britt Preyer
Schell Bray PLLC
Adeline & David Talbot
Sarah & Jack* Warmath
Susan & David Wolfe
Lauren & David Worth
TRUSTEES ($5000 TO $9,999)
Cindy & Don Adams
Barb Steslow & Terry Akin
Lindsey & Frank Auman
Ravi & Uma Avva
Alyce Barrett
Nancy & Allan* Beaver
Jackie & Steve Bell
Barbara & Bob* Boulton
Louise & Jim Brady
Mary & Eric* Calhoun
Becky Causey
Dorothy Wilson Chappell
Jane L. Cochrane
Sue Cole
Kelli & Garrison Coley
Mary Copeland
Ann & Pete Davenport
Katherine Robison Davey
Fran & Bert Davis
Penny Demetriades
Nancy Doll
Linda Ertel
Evans* & Ron Garber
Maribeth Geraci
Lynn & David Gibbs
Beth Boulton & Holt Gwyn*
Mary & David Hagan
Marty & Porter Halyburton
Jan Anderson & Michael Henderson
Nancy Hoffmann
Donna Moran & Garnett* Hughes
Penny & John Graves
Jackie Humphrey
Ruth Hyde & Stephanie Frazier
Sharon Coulter James & Tom James
Lisa & Buster Johnson
Cammie & John Kavanagh
Grey W. Lineweaver
The Lookout Foundation
Carolyn Maddux
Mary & Gustav Magrinat
Misty McCall
Jane McCallum
Sallie McMillion
Liz and Joel Mills
Peg & Skip Moore
Clay Smith* & Rick Nault
Betsy & Mitchell Oakley
Julie Olin
Rodney Ouzts & Massimo Fantechi
Martha & David Patterson
Barbara & Jeff Peck
Sharon & Art Perper
Jane & Lloyd Peterson
Annette & Bill Porter
Erica Procton
Elizabeth & Matthew Rankin
Lynn Wooten & Paul Russ
Dabney & Walker Sanders
Beatrice Schall
Pat & Bob Sevier
Pam & David Sprinkle
Sue & Fred Starr
Meg & Ben Sternberg
Joan & Doug Stone
Kimberly & John Strong
Sara & Taylor Stroud
Martha & Tom Stukes
Jane & Chris Trevey
Traci & Sam Turner
Martha & Harrison Turner
Susan & Bill Veazey
Anne & Tom* Wagg III
Chris and Brooke Wagner
Geoffrey Wall
Laura Way
Well•Spring, A Life Plan Community
John Whisnant
Sue Donathan White
Judy & Len White
Barbara & Jim* Williams
Ellen & Robert* Worth
Cathy & John Wrenn
Anne & Mark Yarbrough
Leigh & Eddie* Yost
$3,240,800
TOTAL VALUE OF ART INSTALLATIONS
$1,634,000
TOTAL ENDOWMENT
201
TOTAL VALUE OF ART INSTALLATIONS
"Aristotle once said that 'The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance" . It's my hope that as PAE helps to bring art outside of museums and galleries everyone gets to experience the "inward significance' through the lens of their individual life experience as well as the solidarity of that experience with the community at large."