Isabel Gates Webster Park Public Art Dedication
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King Memorial Mural Dedication“Dreams Visions and Change,” commissioned by the City of Atlanta documents the heroic life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Artist Louis Delsarte, the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs and the King family will dedicate a 125-foot mural installed along the rear wall of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Natatorium during the weeklong celebration of the King Holiday. Date: Sunday, January 17th 2010 The dedication marks the King Holiday celebration and the public ceremony will be presided over by Camille Russell Love; joining her will be Mayor Kasim Reed, Isaac Farris, Chief Executive Officer of The King Center, June Dobbs Butts, youngest daughter of John Wesley Dobbs and other guest speakers. A native of Brooklyn New York, Delsarte has been creating murals since 1967. He earned a BFA from Pratt Institute in 1967 and an MFA from the University of Tucson in 1977. He has completed artist residencies at several institutions including Howard University, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Blackburn Print Making Workshop in New York City, Experimental Printmaking Institute at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, Brandywine Printmaking Workshop in Philadelphia, PA and the Faculty Resource Network at New York University. His work can be found in many public and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cocoran Gallery of Art, Fort Lauderdale Museum, Kansas City Art Museum, the Camille Hanks Cosby Museum at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, the Paul Jones Collection at University of Delaware, the Hammond House Museum in Atlanta, and The National Gallery of Art in Bermuda. Delsarte’s mural is one of six commissions administrated by the Public Art Program for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs 2005 Greenspace and Recreation Opportunity Bond program.
About The Opportunity Bond Municipal Art Projects
In 2005, Mayor Franklin challenged the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs (DPRCA) to invigorate parks and recreation facilities through the 2005 Greenspace and Recreation Opportunity Bond. The department took up the challenge and initiated an aggressive plan to install art in Atlanta’s parks. The Public Art Program team, led by Eddie Granderson, developed temporary art projects in 11 parks, managed the selection process, contracted artists to develop five gateways in neighborhood parks and commissioned a major mural for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District. The “Community Gateway Project” represents the installation of public artworks in five distinct communities. New public art was installed in Adair I, Cleopas R. Johnson, Isabel Gates Webster, South Bend and Southside Parks. These public art installations serve as gateways to the parks and neighborhoods and are now a part of Atlanta’s landscape.
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