Sidewalks are for walking, chalk art and now poetry. I never realized I might be walking over a poem stamped into one of our downtown sidewalks. Poems have been stamped into our downtown sidewalks and elsewhere in St Paul since 2008 when the Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk project began. Find Sean Fleming's poem "Let's Talk" stamped into the sidewalk at 10 W Exchange Street or Pat Owen's "A Dog on a Walk" on your walk to the farmer's market at 261 E 5th Street. The annual contest was created by Saint Paul’s City Artist in Residence Marcus Young in partnership with Saint Paul Public Works and the nonprofit organization Public Art Saint Paul. Go to: http://www.stpaul.gov/ to read past poetry winner's poems and locations for sidewalk poems around St. Paul. Guidelines for submissions for 2011 will be announced in the next few days on the city website.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Sidewalks
Sidewalks are for walking, chalk art and now poetry. I never realized I might be walking over a poem stamped into one of our downtown sidewalks. Poems have been stamped into our downtown sidewalks and elsewhere in St Paul since 2008 when the Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk project began. Find Sean Fleming's poem "Let's Talk" stamped into the sidewalk at 10 W Exchange Street or Pat Owen's "A Dog on a Walk" on your walk to the farmer's market at 261 E 5th Street. The annual contest was created by Saint Paul’s City Artist in Residence Marcus Young in partnership with Saint Paul Public Works and the nonprofit organization Public Art Saint Paul. Go to: http://www.stpaul.gov/ to read past poetry winner's poems and locations for sidewalk poems around St. Paul. Guidelines for submissions for 2011 will be announced in the next few days on the city website.
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