Answer: They’re all part of the Houston Arts Foundation’s Adopt-A-Monument Program that helps the city maintain its great artworks. Through this program, Houston-area students and others are stepping up to provide support for the preservation and conservation of valuable public artwork. In the process they’re learning about important public art and its ongoing care. The Houston Arts Foundation and city officials will thank these students for their pioneering work at special events on May 3 and May 10. “We’re particularly appreciative of the students at Spring Branch ISD’s Bunker Hill Elementary and Houston ISD’s Mark Twain Elementary for helping with some of the city’s most visibl… Read More
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The Houston Arts Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation and conservation of public art in Houston, Texas.
We raise funds and initiate programs to preserve and protect Houston’s municipal art and promote cultural awareness through our Adopt-A-Monument Program and through collaboration with schools, corporations, foundations, and other non-profits. Through this program, individuals and groups who love great public art can adopt a municipally-owned artwork for the benefit of the entire community.
Over the years Houstonians have contributed more than $300,000 to HAF for the conservation and preservation of public art. In 2012 HAF’s Adopt-A-Monument Program worked with students at Spring Branch ISD’s Bunker Hill Elementary to adopt the Sam Houston Equestrian Statue in Hermann Park. Funds raised by the students were matched by grants from Amegy Bank and fine arts mover TYart. Henry Moore’s monumental Large Spindle Piece in Eleanor Tinsley Park was adopted by students at Houston ISD’s Mark Twain Elementary. Funds raised for that adoption were matched by a grant from Simmons & Co. International. Partners from previous years include Exxon-Mobil and eCORP.
There are many more public works of art in need of attention and adoption. Please join us in preserving the artwork we all love. Houston’s art needs your help.
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Question: What do Mark Twain, Henry Moore, Bunker Hill, and General Sam Houston have in common?
Friday, April 27, 2012
