Roundabout Art Semifinalists Named
Gateway Art Project Committee selects 18 seminfinalists out of 85 submissions for public art design.
It’s been a difficult task because of the awesome quality of the entries, but Duluth Mayor Nancy Harris and the Gateway Art Project Committee have selected 18 semifinalists out of 85 submissions from artists to design the art for the new Roundabout. The semifinalists were chosen on the basis of letters of intent and qualifications submitted by Oct. 10. The list of semifinalists was announced by the city today (Nov. 9). The permanent piece of original art will be installed in the grassy center of the Roundabout, located at the intersections of West Lawrenceville Street, McClure Bridge Road and Irvindale Road, a major entrance or "gateway" to the city. The proposed Hospital Connector will link to the Roundabout in the future. The …
