Panel OKs Artwork for New Parking Garage
A municipal arts committee on Wednesday approved a project to decorate the new downtown parking garage with solar-powered, illuminated sculptures resembling a Chumash canoe and paddles.
Ventura’s year-old Art in Public Places Committee, in a 4-0 vote, authorized spending $80,000, one-tenth of its $800,000 of public art funds, on the modern sculpture project designed by husband and wife team Warren Wagner and Blue McRight of Inglewood.
The sculptures, including a 31-foot steel Chumash canoe and two 22-foot double-bladed paddles, will embellish the garage’s 54-foot south wall that runs along Santa Clara Street. Two single-blade paddles will adorn the north wall of the garage, which is separated from the back of Main Street businesses by an alley.
“I like the fact that it is one thing during the day and something different at night--it’s pretty cool,” said Jennifer Easton, the city’s public art program coordinator.
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