The city of Sarasota will soon be home to a permanent, public artwork installation dedicated to celebrating the importance of diversity, inclusion, and equality. With the help of CODAWorx, an online resource to find and commission artists, the committee reviewed an extensive list of over 200 local, national, and international artists who expressed interest in the project. This list was eventually narrowed down to 55, then 15 artists were interviewed by the committee over Zoom. The final six artists chosen will travel to Sarasota next week to meet and learn about the community their potential artwork will represent. Sheila McKoy, the committee’s project manager and retired director for the New Jersey Transit Arts Program said, “It’s been wonderful to see the artistic interest this project has generated. It was a difficult decision process, but we [the committee] feel we have selected a very diverse, talented, and eclectic group of artists.” 

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