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Guitartown Austin Art Project

When: November 2006 – to – October 2007.

GuitarTown Austin Art Project, was a public arts project  in 2006-2007. It featured thirty-five 10-foot tall fiberglass Gibson guitars along with thirty-five showcase Gibson guitars painted by local visual artists. The sculptures were then auctioned off benefiting four local charities: The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM); The Austin Museum of Art (AMOA); American Youth works; and the Austin Children’s Museum.

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There are two public places where the guitars from Austin GuitarTown  Art Project can still be found:
– Congress Avenue in downtown Austin, and,
– Baggage terminal in the Austin Bergstrom Airport.

On Congress Avenue, there are 3 guitars:
“Vibrancy” by Craig Hein is next to the Frost Tower on the east side of 4th and Congress,
“Twinkle Twinkle Lone Star” by Amanda Dunbar is on the east side of 2nd and Congress,
“Sixth String” by Randy Rudman is on the West side of 6th and Congress.

The guitars in the  Austin Bergstrom International Airport in the Baggage terminal on the ground floor:
“Piece of my Heart”, a Janis Joplin (who is from Texas) tribute by Tracie Sutton,
“Por Vida” by Kathy Marcus,
“LiveStrong” (Lance Armstrong Foundation tribute] by David Mider
“La Guitarra” by Delfin Escalantete)
“Keep Austin Weird” by Sarah Hickman,
“Musician” by Howard Weliver,
“La Guitarra” by Delfin Escalante,
“MusiCapital” by Sharon Roy Finch, and,
“Austin Music Flows” by Debra Prather Samples.

 

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