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On
August 26th 2006 the City of Sandpoint Mayor Raymond P. Miller, Artist
Tammy Farmin, and representatives of the Sandpoint Arts Commission,
Parks and Rec Dept, and
the Sandpoint Rotary Club,
dedicated a set of bronze sculptures titled, Pace Your Self
at Farmin Park in downtown Sandpoint. The dedication
took place at the clock tower in Farmin Park during the Farmers
Market. Pace Your Self, is the newest addition to
Sandpoint’s growing public art collection.
The
clock tower funded by the Rotary Club of Sandpoint was installed
at the tip of Farmin Park, across the street from the Jeff Jones
Town Square in the heart of downtown Sandpoint. The clock tower
was both a contribution to the Sandpoint Downtown Revitalization
effort (begun in 2002) and a commemoration of Rotary
International’s 100 year celebration.
When
Bob Lindemann passed away in November 2004, then Rotary
President Ryan Luttmann suggested that Rotary include an
installation of public art in the clock tower in honor of Bob.
Bob was a Rotary member, and long-time member (and board
member) of the Pend Oreille Arts Council, and an artist.
Sandpoint’s
Arts Commission in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Sandpoint
sent out RFP’s/ Call to Artists in Late September of 2005 and
Artist Tammy Farmin was selected through a juried competition
for her proposal, the sculptures titled: Pace Your Self.
Tammy’s idea began with the clock and the childhood
folk story of “The
Tortoise and the Hare.” In memory of Bob, she expanded on
those concepts by recognizing the delicate balance Bob always
wove between time and his daily pursuits.
Tammy attributes the support of her friends, family, and the
clientele of her business in real estate to giving her the time
to donate and set aside for creating this wonderful addition to
public art in Sandpoint. Thrilled
and honored at having been chosen to create a piece for the
Rotary Clock Tower, Tammy said
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I look forward to the enjoyment children will receive from
climbing on the tortoise. It reminds me of when I was a kid
climbing on Blacky and Sandy, the horses at Harold’s Grocery
Store.”
Click
on thumbnails from the dedication below to see a larger image.
This
project was funded in part by the Idaho Commission on the Arts,
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rotary Club of
Sandpoint, and Sandpoint’s Art by the Inch fund. For more information on Art by the Inch
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