Six of seven light and technology art installations are now brightening cold Downtown Cary nights.
GLOW temporary public art pieces from Academy Street Artwork Projects can be found while strolling between the Cary Regional Library and the First United Methodist Church, or check the map online.
GLOW installations include:
- Phantom Spring by Robin Vuchnich: The historic Ivey-Ellington house at the old library site is a canvas for projected, blooming light art.
- A Gathering of Moons by Bryant Holsenbeck, glowing orbs adorned with tangled monofilament line from the Duke Marine lab in Beaufort, inspired by the moons of Jupiter.
- The Persistence of Almost, from Britt Flood, is glowing tubes affixed to the new parking deck next to First Baptist Church. The art is inspired by sketches and fully solar-powered.
- Julia Gartrell’s Cool Evening Stars & Warm Log Cabin are “illuminated quilted windows,” visible on windows at the First United Methodist Church and Market 317 at Downtown Cary Park, facing Academy Street.
- Find Your Happy Place by Erik Beerbower, a walk-through lighted sculpture that invites the viewer to reflect on what is good in their life. There’s an accompanying happy music playlist, too.
- Coming in mid-February, artist Helen Seebold will create a lighted labyrinth on the Ivey-Ellington lawn.
📹 See a video of a few of the installations on Instagram @thelinewake.
A version of this story was published in the January 20 edition of The Line.