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CCAD made a mark on the city skyline with the giant ART sculpture. The piece is 100 feet tall, 101 feet wide and weighs 24,000 pounds. (It also has zero bad angles when it comes to taking selfies.) The sculpture came to be after Ric Petry, now Director of Graduate Studies, joked that CCAD should build a giant ART sign inspired by 1950s diners. Then President Denny Griffith liked the idea. So we got a giant ART sign that serves, as Denny said, “as a beacon for the arts in Columbus and beyond.”

ART is a bright red steel sculpture that (when viewed standing east of the sculpture, facing west) spells the word ""art"". Two legs make up the ""A"". The pinnacle reaches 100ft; at the base, the legs span 101ft across a downtown Columbus street. The ""R"" sits on the top of the ""T"", with the top of the ""R"" reaching 85 feet. The ""RT"" piece is situated just east of the north leg of the ""A"". The cross section of the ""T"" is 65 feet high and stretches toward the center of the two legs of the ""A"". Vehicles and pedestrians travel under ART.

Dates

Installed: 2001

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Location

60 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH, 43215
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Please note: The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) does not own or manage any public art. For the purposes of this database many pieces were entered by the Arts Council while we continue to search for the appropriate owner/manager of the work and other information to complete the entry. The Arts Council has tried to gather all available information about the works in this database, however, we acknowledge there may be missing or inaccurate information. If you can help us correct any inaccuracies, or provide more complete information, we would be grateful. Please use “Something missing? Please send us a note” below.

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