by David King
In Brentwood, Liberty High’s Public Art and Design Academy, (PADAA)completed their Senior project with another installment of large metal sculptures of native birds to add to an existing salmon statue from the previous year’s project. The art is located at the corner of Sand Creek Rd. and O’Hare Ave.
Liberty’s PADA program, led by Jake Edwards, presented their plans for this year’s senior project to the Council earlier– to add sculptures of birds to surround the recently installed fish. The project is called “Birds of Beauty.”
“The city wanted us to add onto it this year,” Edwards said. “So, we just decided to go with local birds, and the kids had to come up with the idea,” Edwards told Brentwood Press.
The birds that are a part of the sculpture; the golden eagle, the great blue heron, and the long-billed curlew were made of sheet metal and will feature glass eyes, amongst other materials, while the barn owl has a tile clay body.
“I’ve said it since the beginning, even before I came on the council, this is my favorite agenda item every single year,” councilwoman Jovita Mendoza said. “We didn’t have this when I was growing up. Kids didn’t get to do this, but it’s amazing.”
