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CityViewNC.com | 23 WHO WE ARE Margit Hicks and Suzanne Shankar are dedicated and experienced attorneys who practice exclusively in the area of Family Law. Between them, they have 35 combined years of practice helping clients navigate their way through complex domestic situations. WHAT WE DO BEST Attorneys Hicks and Shankar help families tackle the difficult process of divorce, child custody, property division, alimony and other domestic issues. They are also knowledgeable in representing military clients with their unique issues. WHY IT WORKS At Margit M. Hicks, P.A., their entire team – lawyers and office staff – are committed to provide quality, professional and compassionate legal representation. With over 35 years of experience, they are uniquely qualified to handle your domestic disputes. 1013 Arsenal Avenue, Fayetteville, NC | 910.829.1400 MARGIT M. HICKS, PA www.fayettevilledivorceatty.com horned giraffe is a sister sculpture to "Colorful," both by artist Jonathan Bowling. With repurposed steel, a chain for a tail, a train track for a rectangular-shaped body and hidden horseshoes, the similarity in Bowling's style catches your eye. Aluminum poles that clack and mingle in the wind of slate-made "Windstone" by the Fayetteville Area Transportation & History Museum is similar to Phil Hathcock's other work (in conjunction with Omar Llanos) on the corner of Ray and Hay Street: the more silent and still "Flight of Wings." e playful shape of the bright yellow "Tall Trikaya" and the circular space of lines in "X's" (bolted to the brick near the Market House) are both by Massachusetts-based Rob Lorenson. Finding the similarities in pattern, aesthetics and material is joyful. "So now look, our public became aware of what his style was," Mintz said, pleased community members were picking up on the resemblances. With sculptures this large, one can have an experience by simply driving by. A closer experience can be had by walking. Once sculptures have been identified, investigated and experienced, a new relationship is forged. Just like how identifying nature can root you to a region, naming the sculpture, experiencing it and living among it certainly forms a kinship. Has your own relationship to downtown changed since these sculptures graced our streets? What is Public Art? So what is public art for anyway? Kinney suggests conversation. "We want people to learn through this 11-month campaign what public art is. What is it, how to interact with it. People ask, 'Can I touch it? Do I just take a picture with it?' e message to the community is to see how they then associate with it." One thing Kinney hears repeatedly is the ownership people feel over the temporary sculptures and the way they've quickly identified their favorite. Oh, I like the horse. I like the giraffe. I like the Venus Flytraps. Or, she mentions, the fact that some are more hidden and are slower to reveal themselves. "'Fall Leaves,' it's part of the landscape, up on the brick wall. It doesn't scream at you. If you're walking by, you experience that one. If you're driving by, it's harder to see." Eric Lindstrom, Chair of the Arts Council's Public Art Committee, says of the project, "It's an expression of who we are as a community. We spend money on and to have water, roads and tree trimmings, but how oen do we get "Giraffe" by Jonathan Bowling

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