On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, Roger Berry’s sculpture, ‘Moonrise’ was approved by the Napa City Council for the Napa Community Redevelopment Agency’s downtown beautification project. Read below for more information on this public artwork.
‘Moonrise’ may shine at new downtown park
by Kevin Courtney, Tuesday, April 19, 2011, Napa Valley Register.com
The virtual explosion of art in downtown Napa continues, with the city’s redevelopment agency proposing to buy a circular work of stainless steel for a planned pocket park at Third Street and Soscol Avenue.
Agency staff is recommending the purchase of a piece titled “Moonrise” for $42,000. It will be a focal feature at Riverfront Green, a sliver of a park along Soscol Avenue, south of Third Street.
Using property tax revenues from downtown, the Napa City Council expects to award a contract this spring for the park and sculpture. The agency has budgeted $740,000 for the project.
This will be the Napa Community Redevelopment Agency’s first public art commission since the 1970s, when a half-dozen pieces were acquired for Dr. Dwight Murray Plaza and surrounding public areas near First Street. To read more.