Art in the Parks is a multi-year program involving professional artists, neighborhood groups, schools, and other community organizations. The goal of this program is to place permanent works of art in each of Dublin's parks using concepts developed in collaboration with community members.
Artworks have been commissioned for eight of Dublin’s nine parks.
The success of “Art in the Parks” has been recognized by the California Parks and Recreation Society 2000 Award of Excellence for Neighborhood Community Life.
Dublin Does Art is an example of one of our past programs. This six-week long celebration of public art ran from August 20 through October 3, 2004. The event included a mix of exhibitions and hands-on activities.
DFAF works closely with our community, schools, library and locally based corporations and foundations in harmony with our family-oriented community, and with concern for the issues of growth, quality of life, and economic prosperity.
Civic Center Lobby Exhibitions: Rotating exhibitions of artistic and educational value presented in a space frequented by the citizens of Dublin and visitors to the area. Exhibits have included: Dublin Collects, The Fine Art of Books, Art & the Environment, and Transportation 580/680.
Art in the Schools: DFAF enjoys working with students of all ages. Professional Bay Area artists have collaborated with Dublin students on projects such as a sculpture called The Kinetic Color Contraption, a mural of The Past and Present of Dublin, and, Art and the Environment, which used recyclable and natural materials to create art-works for an exhibition in the Civic Center. Art & The Environment explored the balance between manmade and natural elements. One of the sculptures from this program, Nature Remains, by Ray Beldner, was created using a day's worth of Dublin's recyclable discards. The Living History Wall commemorates the activities of individuals, businesses, and organizations. Installed in the fountain plaza at the Civic Center, this program provides fundraising and community involvement.The Bus Obscura is an everyday school bus converted into a multiple aperture camera obscura. Accommodating up to 50 people on each ride, riders board the bus for 10 -15 minutes excursions for an amazing visual experience – passengers travel on the bus but instead of looking directly to the world outside, the windows are transformed into projection screens that transforms the world outside into upside down multiple images. The visual images will also be accompanied by a sound track created by local sound artists/ musicians just for this unique experience of being in a moving cinema. The sound equipment will be provided by The Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley.
To learn more about the artist and bus obscura, check out his website: www.simonlee.org/busobscura
We invite you to support the arts by volunteering or contributing to our dynamic foundation. Please write or call:
DUBLIN FINE ARTS FOUNDATION * P. O. Box 2912, Dublin, CA 94568
.* (925) 833-6666 * Email: Info@dublinfinearts.org
