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With its first two projects, the
recently-formed Holt Community Arts Council
is announcing its presence in a big way. The
council’s first project is a
community-built, temporary sculpture, to be
constructed in conjunction with Delhi
Township’s POTW Division. The second is to
oversee the creation of a permanent
sculpture that will be installed at the
southeast corner of Cedar Street and Holt
Road.
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"Build Gill"
This temporary sculpture—a colorful,
three-dimensional blue gill, will be the
focal point of this year’s
Water Quality Awareness Week Open House and
Re-Use Rally,
which will take place on Saturday, May 10,
2008, at the Delhi Township Recycling
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The Gill sculpture will
use even more detergent
bottles than were used
to build this "bottle
bug" at a school in New
York. |
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On the day of the open house, you can help attach
a few of the approximately 2,500 empty
laundry detergent bottles to a pre-built
frame that will be 25-feet long and 15-feet
high. Students throughout the Holt
Public School District are currently
collecting empty bottles and will also help
build Gill.
The afternoon event also will feature
smaller arts and crafts activities, as well
as musical entertainment, arranged by the
Holt Community Arts Council. All open house
activities are open to the public and free. |
Permanent Sculpture
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The second sculpture in the works will not
be as big as Gill, but it will be just as
visible, given its prominent location at one
of Holt’s busiest intersections. The Delhi
Township Downtown Development Authority is
working with Lansing’s Landscape Architects
& Planners to redevelop a corner of the
Cedar Street and Holt Road intersection that is
considered to be overgrown. The new
landscape design calls for the installation
of a permanent sculpture that would be
visible from both roads, as well as from the
courtyard of the adjacent Crystal Bar. |
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Conceptual drawing of
the south east corner of
Holt Rd. and Cedar St.
where the permanent
sculpture will be
placed. |
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The Holt Community Arts Council has been
charged with commissioning an artist to
create the sculpture, which would be
installed in August or September of 2008.
The arts council is actively searching for
potential sculptors and hopes to find one
locally. If you know a local artist
who would like to be considered for this
project, please contact the arts council at
holtarts@holtarts.org.
Future Projects
Other projects in development include a
summer music series
to be held at Veteran’s Memorial Park in
downtown Holt, an
essay contest, and working with Delhi Township to
establish a permanent artist exhibit/event
space in the newly-announced Holt Farmer’s
Market, tentatively set to open this summer.
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