- Garden in Transit
Garden in Transit is a
public art exhibit displayed onNew York City taxicabs betweenSeptember 2007 andDecember 2007 .Adhesive , weatherproof paintings of flowers painted by children in schools and hospitals are applied to the exterior of New York City taxicabs. The paintings were mostly made by New York City children, with some being made by children inNew Jersey ,Philadelphia ,Atlanta ,Cleveland , andLos Angeles . The project was organized by Ed and Bernie Massey. [cite news
url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/on-your-next-cab-ride-flower-power-may-be-included/index.html?hp |title=On Your Next Cab Ride, Flower Power May Be Included
date=2007-09-12
accessdate=2007-09-12
publisher=The New York Times ]The 'Flower Taxis' are part of a series of public art projects that the Masseys have done with children in their Portaits of Hope project since its founding in 1995. Each of the projects has a corporate sponsor. Its other large scale projects include:
* [http://www.portraitsofhope.org/project.php?PID=4 The Tower of Hope] in Sweden in 2000
* [http://www.portraitsofhope.org/project.php?PID=1 Soaring Dreams Airship] – ablimp in 2005
* [http://www.portraitsofhope.org/project.php?PID=10 Soaring Dreams] –NASCAR cars in 2006
* [http://portraitsofhope.org/project.php?PID=9 Chelsea Piers Project] atChelsea Piers
* [http://portraitsofhope.org/projects/aircontroltower/index.php Control Tower Paneling] theLong Beach Airport Control Tower in 2007Notes
External links
* [http://www.portraitsofhope.org/git/index.php Official Project Site]
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