Congrats are deserved for local Artist, Al Price who was awarded the contract for a 200 ft public art sculpture for a new arena in Kentucky.

Price, a former school teacher, has created many large scale urban art projects around the valley including a popular piece along the light rail in downtown Phoenix.

The locals in Kentucky are a bit surprised by his selection from a field of 75 applicants since 23 were local Kentucky artists. No doubt, we’d feel the same if an out of town person was selected for a major piece of work here in Phoenix.

Below is an except from a local news organization in Louisville, KY with some response to the selection:

“It is not a slap in the face at all,” said Lori Meadows, who was on the panel to choose the artist. “I think that for every art commission that you do, you want to make sure that you pick the absolute best proposal for that particular piece and space. We don’t’ want other states to eliminate Kentucky artists, anymore than we would eliminate artists from other states.” Here is a link to the entire article.

The 200 foot sculpture will consist of 50 open-metal panels built from curved stainless steel tubes and comes at a price tag of $200,000.

If you are unfamiliar with Al Price’s work, here are a couple photos… downtowners are bound to recognized one of the piece that sits on Central Ave.

Again, our congratulations go out to Al as we celebrate the fact that your art will adorn the KFC Yum Center in Kentucky. Yummy isn’t it?

Gene Urban & Ron Urban
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