Americans for the Arts has honored 37 outstanding public arts projects created in 2013 through its Public Art Network Year in Review program, including two in Columbus: Goodale Park Fountain by Malcolm Cochran and The Time and the Temperature by Jon Rubin. Both were honored in June at the Americans for the Arts annual convention in Nashville.

Goodale Park Fountain was commissioned by the Friends of Goodale Park, as the centerpiece for the pond in the park. Cochran's fountain design developed from research on the history of the park, and the nearby Sells "Circus House," renowned for its troupe of elephants. A pair of bronze elephants sits atop the four-tiered granite fountain. One of the jurors for the award noted that this was the only fountain of which she and other jurers were aware that was designed for year-round operation, and noted the dramatic ice formations from winter 2014c.

The Time and The Temperature by Pittsburgh artist Jon Rubin was commissioned for Finding Time: ColumbusPublicArt 2012, a program of temporary public art. His work consisted of a custom-made sign that told the current time and temperature in Tehran, Iran, presenting a moment when the space between here and there collapsed and the citizens of Columbus could temporarily project themselves into a foreign place and circumstance.

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For more information, see our previous story about this installation.