Artist Statement
Multiple sculptures in the shape of pillars that feature natural and man-made textures found throughout the BeltLine and the city of Atlanta. The sculpture will allow the public to experience art through the sense of touch. In addition, the public is encouraged create their own art by creating rubbings off the sculptures.
Artist Bio
Deborah Landry is a creative visionary using art to engage and transform communities. She serves as a partner to clients who are focused on economic development, place making, and education with sustainability, environmental and social concerns. She integrates art seamlessly into everything, including marketing, education, fundraising, economic development and place making. Deborah specializes in creative transformation of mission-critical objectives into programs that are sustainable financially as well as operationally. She develops programs that integrate community involvement with an artistic process, resulting in an artful outcome. The artful outcome can be either permanent or temporary, sculptures or murals. They often include an educational, marketing or fundraising component. Deborah offers public art consultation to help define artful goals, missions, and find assets as well as partners that are often overlooked.