Funding approved for art project for downtown Wichita park

Funding approved for art project for downtown Wichita park

Funding approved for art project for downtown Wichita park

The Wichita City Council has approved funding for public artwork that will be part of a new look for a downtown park.

The Chester I. Lewis Reflection Square Park at 205 East Douglas is being redesigned, and it will serve as an entry for the new Kansas Health Science Center, a medical school that is under construction.   Wichita Park and Recreation Director Troy Houtman said the park will be a gathering space to support the school and the surrounding community.

Downtown Wichita and the Wichita Parks Foundation will provide a donation of $250,000, and the city will provide $150,000 for the project.

Two artists have been chosen for the project.   Local artist Ellamonique Baccus and national artist Matthew Mazzotta will be working on designs for the park.

[photo – KWCH ]

 

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