Remember the whole debate about pandas as public art?
New York had apples, Los Angeles had angels, Norfolk has mermaids, Baltimore has fish - or it is crabs? and a bunch of cities around the world have had cows. And now San Francisco has hearts!
Regardless of how you feel about the pandas being "art," I think that our pandas will soon go on auction and proceeds will help fund grants to DC artists. More info here.
F. Lennox Campello is a widely published Washington, DC and Philadelphia based art critic, as well as an award winning artist and curator. He is also often heard on NPR and the Voice of America discussing visual art issues. …
Pandamania: Washington, D.C.
PandaMania, organized by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, captured the hearts and minds of Washingtonians and visitors with 150 dazzling artist-created giant panda sculptures. ...
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