Fruit n’ Veg

The goal for this artwork is to create an engaging and delightful public sculpture that says “grocery store”, highlights the new “lifestyle” Safeway at Gateway UTC, and focuses on healthy food and a healthy diet. The large sculpture will be formed out of wood and detailed with metal elements for leaves and stems. Sourced from mostly local species of wood, the piece will stand thirteen foot six inches tall in the new Safeway Plaza along East West Highway in Hyattsville, Maryland.

TITLE: Fruit n’ Veg

DATE: Proposed early May 2015 waiting selection

MEDIA: Carved and stained Wood with metal leaves and stem and a metal structural armature.

Concrete and masonry base

DIMENSIONS: 13’6” tall on a 6’-9” diameter round plate-like concrete base

LOCATION: Gateway at University Town Center, Hyattsville, MD

PARTNERS: Keast and Hood Structural Engineers, Hartranft Lighting Design

BUDGET: $44,000.00