Art in the Pages statues in the news

It is great to see all the statues around Fairfax County & the City of Fairfax! You see them everywhere, even in newspaper articles about the library. The statues are even showing up in articles about library branches here and here.

Do you see the Art in the Pages sculptures in the photos?

Delivery Week

Wow, what a week this has already been! Joan, Paula, Martina and I had such a great experience working with the guys from Southland Concrete and Interstate Worldwide Relocation delivering the bases and the completed Art in the Pages statues to library branches and other display locations. Since each was different (on grass, concrete and bricks; outdoors and inside; rain and shine), each presented it's own challenges.

Tony Griffin, the Fairfax County Executive looked at the trucks and men while placing Verizon's statue at the Government Center and was impressed at the magnitude of the process.

We were all impressed at how extremely well both crews worked together under Mike's leadership to coordinate the statue/base moving, bolting & final placement.

Heartfelt thanks go out to Randy at Southland Concrete and JD from Interstate for providing the transportation, tools & manpower to help complete this first and major round of public art sculpture deliveries. The men were polite, professional & most importantly fun as we tackled the challenge. After 2 1/2 days, we already miss driving the 5 vehicle convoy all around the county to deliver statues & bases with them!

Art in the Pages

Remember the Pandamania and Party Animals (donkeys and elephants) sculptures in Washington D.C. a few years ago? Or perhaps you visited the Chicago cows or the Fredericksburg fish statues. Not only did these projects provide a showcase for local artists and benefit good causes, their wit and originality delighted the entire community.

And now, the Fairfax Library Foundation is proud to present: Art in the Pages.

Art in the Pages is the first public art sculpture project taking place throughout Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax. The project consists of large-scale open book statues that are being transformed into vibrant works of art by local artists. These individually decorated sculptures will be placed on display throughout Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax during the summer of 2008.

A paint-in reception was held on April 19th at the old Fairfax City Regional Library and the statues are expected to be on display throughout the city and county by late spring or early summer, 2008 and beyond.

Here are the sponsored statues that show the artistic ideas from many of our talented, artist-rich community.