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Q.1
What is the oldest public artwork in Charlotte?
“Homage to North Carolina” by Richard Lippold
“Il Grande Disco” by Arnaldo Pomodoro
“Tools of Progress” by Paul Sires
“Zygos” by Sally Rogers
Q.2
What public artwork located inside the Carillon Building on West Trade Street was created by famed sculptor Jean Tinguely, husband of “Firebird” creator Niki de Saint Phalle?
“Cascade”
“Continuum”
“The Garden”
“Quadrille”
Q.3
Which of the following public artworks was NOT funded by Queen’s Table, a group of anonymous donors that celebrate Charlotte by funding public art projects that enhance the quality of life in the city?
"Ainsa III" by Jaume Plensa, located at the UNC Charlotte Center City Building
“Levine Lanterns” by Cliff Garten, located at Levine Center for the Arts
“Queen Charlotte” sculpture by Raymond Kaskey, located at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport
“Sculptures on the Square” by Raymond Kaskey, located at the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets in uptown Charlotte
Q.4
“The Writer’s Desk,” located at ImaginOn on E. 7th St., is a tribute to what former Charlotte Observer name?
Dave Baity
Jack Bettes
Ron Green
Rolfe Neill
Q.5
Which public artwork found at Time Warner Cable Arena connects to Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s textile history?
“Ascendus” by Ed Carpenter
“Flying Shuttles” by Andrew Leicester
“Old Growth” by Hoss Haley
“Trajectory” by Thomas Sayre
Q.6
The Hugh McManaway sculpture is located at what Charlotte intersection?
Providence at Providence roads
Providence at Queens roads
Queens at Queens roads
Sharon Road at Sharon Avenue
Q.7
What is NOT the name of one of Raymond Kaskey’s four “Sculptures on the Square” at Trade and Tryon streets?
Commerce
Finance
Future
Industry
Transportation
Q.8
What artwork, found in Third Ward on West Trade Street, was created by Charlotte native Jack Pentes, who also designed the now-closed theme park based on “The Wizard of Oz” in Beech Mountain, N.C.?
“Buddy Bear”
“Imaginary Cloud”
“Time Further Out”
“Wind Sculpture”
Q.9
Which of the new works created through the Neighborhoods in Creative pARTnership initiative – launched by the City of Charlotte, the Public Art Commission and ASC to bring more neighborhood-based public art to the city – is based on a poem?
“Ascension” by Dana Gingras
“Community Spring,” “Life” and “Origins” by Laurel Holtzapple, Shaun Cassidy and Lauren Doran
“Now is Fireworks” by Amy Bagwell and Graham Carew
“Sedgefield Totem” by Paula Smith
Q.10
What public artwork found at a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department station is representative of the symbol found on the badges of CMPD officers?
“Finding New Ground” by Thomas Thoune at the CMPD Providence Station
“Hornets Nest” by Michael Morgan at the CMPD Westover Station
“Partnership” by Vivienne McConnell Collins at the CMPD Eastway Station
“Canopy” by Billy Lee at the CMPD Steele Creek Station
Q.11
Which came first – the Firebird, aka the “Disco Chicken,” or the “Onion Rings” (less commonly known by its actual name, “Grandiflora”)?
Firebird
Grandiflora
Q.12
What is NOT a public artwork created by local artist and Winthrop University associate professor Shaun Cassidy?
“Belmont Markers” at intersections of Parkwood Avenue and Hawthorne Lane and Parkwood Avenue and North Davidson Street
“Enderly Traces” at the Bette Rae Recreation Center
“Leaves” at the 7th Street Station light rail transit
“Traces of Fourth Ward” at the Fourth Ward Neighborhood Park
Q.13
Of the following, which is the newest public artwork?
“#42” by Zachary Noble at Fire Station 42
“Aquifer” by Masayuki Nagase at Little Sugar Creek Greenway
“Ascendus” by Ed Carpenter at Charlotte Douglas International Airport
“The Shuffletown Hand” by Pete Beeman at the Shuffletown Sportsplex
Q.14
What interactive kinetic sculpture of illuminated glass fins brings a melodic sound to uptown?
“Dogwood” by Shan Shan Sheng at 700 East Fourth Street
“Trajectory” by Thomas Sayre at Time Warner Cable Arena
“Touch My Building” by Christopher Janney at the Bank of America Seventh Street Station
“Wind Silos” by Ned Kahn at the International Trade Center parking deck
Q.15
Which artist created multiple frescoes found along North Tryon Street in the Bank of America corporate headquarters and the TransAmerica Building exterior rotunda?
James Carpenter
Ben Long
Tommie Robinson
Paul Rousso
Q.16
The “Firebird” by Niki de Saint Phalle located in front of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art at Levine Center of the Arts is one of the most beloved public artworks in the city. But there’s another “Fire Bird” in Charlotte, this one by Michael Dillon. Where is it located?
Arboretum Fire Station #39
Briar Creek Bridge
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Myers Park Branch Library
Q.17
Cheryl Foster created a series of tile mosaics that captured many of the “Faces of” what bustling thoroughfare?
East Boulevard
Freedom Drive
Morehead Street
Wilkinson Boulevard
Q.18
What is NOT a public artwork created by Asheville-base sculptor Hoss Haley?
“Beacons” at South Boulevard at Sharon Road West
“Integrity” at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse Parking Plaza
“Motion” at the Huntersville Gateway Park and Ride
“Old Growth” at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport Wilson Air Center
Q.19
Which of the new works created through the Neighborhoods in Creative pARTnership initiative is a nod to Charlotte’s Grove Park neighborhood’s gold mining history and to the area’s forward progress?
“Ascension” by Dana Gingras
“Community Spring,” “Life” and “Origins” by Laurel Holtzapple, Shaun Cassidy and Lauren Doran
“Now is Fireworks” by Amy Bagwell and Graham Carew
“Sedgefield Totem” by Paula Smith
Q.20
What is the name of the CATS Art in Transit project that consists of six giant harrow-like disks, sculpted by Thomas Sayre, along the LYNX light rail line?
“Branch Lines”
“Collaboration”
“Furrow”
“Migration North, Migration South”
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