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CityViewNC.com | 19 FDIC INSURED "I might be aging, but that doesn't stop me from living!" Living At The Carolina Inn, Our Residents Routinely Enjoy Spa, Salon & Barber Services| Gourmet Dining | Daily Outings Religious Programs | Online Educational Classes | Wellness Classes 400 Forsythe Street, Fayetteville NC To inquire about our personalized assisted living lifestyle options: 910.829.0100 CA R O L I N A I N N NC.C O M Effie B. Resident FAYETTEVILLE'S FIRST CHOICE FOR ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES PREM I ER A SSI STED LI V I N G C O M M UN I TY A giraffe on wheels? You may have noticed it. e long-legged corten steel man staring up at the sky? Perhaps you drove right by. If you're curious about the public art sculptures downtown that cropped up last year aer Hurricane Matthew, we've got the whole story. e latest news? ese are going to forever change Fayetteville's public art scene. It is a Work in Progress Work in Progress is an 11-piece curated (meaning, chosen) and temporary public art exhibition downtown. is exhibit was specifically gied to the community through private donors and matched with the Arts Council funding. Moving forward, the hope is for it to become an ongoing process and a creative collaboration with the City of Fayetteville. Deborah Martin Mintz, Executive Director of the Arts Council, says these sculptures offer Fayetteville residents "creative energy." "It's a statement about our community. It's an opportunity to focus on something that inspires and provokes. Sometimes people are pre-disposed to think of our community in a certain way and that is as limiting as looking at an individual and thinking of them as 'only this.' Our community is whole and healthy and well. It's creative. It's exciting. And for 11 months, these works are the beginning of that statement." e Arts Council's advertising campaign "Fayetteville. Always On." certainly holds true in this instance. Whether it is two a.m. or two p.m., these sculptures are, in fact, "always on." Mary Kinney, Marketing Director of the Arts Council, says, "e idea that this art is accessible to everyone all of the time is brilliant."

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