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Colleen Eddy Elk River Public Arts Committee Printed On: 15 October 2020 FY21 Project Grant Rnd1 3 Project Description - Choose ONE of the following three formats: Written, Audio or Video recording. Evaluators are directed to focus on the content of the narrative (not production quality or writing ability) but applicants should take steps to ensure that the description submitted is easy to see, hear and/or read. Written transcripts of audio/video recordings will be provided to evaluators to accompany audio/ video narratives. Include responses to the following statements and questions: Describe what you want to do (purchase, study, hire, create, explore, etc.) and why you want to do it. Provide details that will make your idea clear to people who may not know your organization or group. List any challenges you anticipate while implementing this proposal. What will a successful outcome look like? How will you observe or measure the success of your proposal? Respond to the project grant criteria in your description Written Narrative Introduce evaluators to your proposal. Include responses to the statements and questions listed above. We have engaged Milligan Studios to produce Slipstream, as a 10’ bronze, tempered glass, stainless-steel and verdi gris sculpture that will be permanently installed at the intersections of Parrish Avenue and Main Street in downtown Elk River. This spot is at the easternmost access to downtown Elk River and will be visible from U.S. Highway 10. Slipstream is a bronze, steel, and kiln-formed architectural recycled glass, 10ft (H) x 4’ (W), solar- powered illuminated sculpture will facilitate both communal and individual experiences. It can be “read” from afar, as it will appear to be a leaping fish with a blue river winding through it. Up close, one will see that the fish is actually a series of intertwining steel representing the highways as Slipstream is in honor of Charles Merritt Babcock who developed the Minnesota Highway system. This “river” of highway is constructed of schools of blue kilnformed glass fish of all different sizes and shapes, swimming together, making progress, powered by nature. It is a slipstream highway of color and light. As we know from biology, diverse fish that swim in the same direction, or school, live better lives together. Their community makes them stronger. The same is true of a community such as Elk River, where Babcock once lived. The highway system of Minnesota, made manifest by his amendment, is our state’s slipstream to progress. Slipstream with its dramatic blues cast in bronze and kiln glass is a striking metaphor. The project will contain information about science, technology, history, and most definitely aesthetics. All of these travel routes have brought untold thousands through the city from its earliest settlement to its present day. Slipstream is a stunning piece that invites adults and young people to engage with that history and to take newfound pride in the city. The City of Elk River, the Elk River Chamber of Commerce will disseminate information to their members provided by members of this committee. ISD 728 art teachers, Damien Husen and Nichole Hahn have been invited to introduce their students to this project and engage them in videos, live presentations and activities throughout the work in process. Damien and Nichole is ecstatic about providing this learning opportunity to his students. The Elk River Branch of the Great River Regional Library have agreed to make computer access to members of the public that need it to access various announcements and postings on the Milligan Studio website. The City of Elk River will feature Slipstream on a dedicated page throughout the project and beyond under the heading “Major Projects” at www.elkrivermn.gov