Upon final approval from the town, Brookline's Town Hall limestone building will become alive with color accented panels made with the shards donated from Brookline residents homes. When completed, the 24 colorful panels on 8 column faces will create a unified entry. The well-being of each person who enters the Town Hall will be increased by the new welcoming, engaging, and energizing building adornment. This truly is a community building project creating civic pride for the town hall and produced by diverse members of the town.
In 2008, a five site exhibition is being funded by the Brookline Commission for the Arts and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The purpose of the rotating exhibition of the Brookline Town-wide Mosaic Columns is to stimulate interest in permanent public art and to demonstrate how the community members have impacted our environment one shard at a time.
Exhibition Site Schedule, Brookline, MA:
January - early March: Temporary Town Hall @ Old Lincoln School, employees lounge hallway, 194 Boylston Street (Route 9)
March April: Brookline Senior Center auditorium, 93 Winchester Street
May mid June: Runkle School, Principals hallway display cases, 50 Druce Street.
Mid June mid September: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage lobby, 1375 Beacon Street
Mid September mid November: Coolidge Corner Branch, Brookline Public Library, atrium columns, 31 Pleasant Street
Brookline Town-wide mosaic Boston Globe article