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Art in Community Spaces

Earthwork: Emerging Rangoli
Artist Emily Cable and City Horticulturist Lisa Huddy

The Cultural Arts and Parks & Forestry Divisions
Parkland at Tremont Public Library
2007

Earthwork: Emerging Rangoli

Lisa Huddy, Horticulturist and Emily Cable, artist next to earthwork.

Through a partnership with the Parks and Forestry Division, the Cultural Arts Division presents Earthwork: Emerging Rangoli, an Arts in Community Spaces installation, designed and created collaboratively by artist Emily Cable and City Horticulturist Lisa Huddy, is a permanent installation in city parkland adjacent to the Upper Arlington Public Library. Inspired from travels through India, Emily creates the work reflecting an art form called Rangoli that is practiced throughout India.

Rangoli
The art form native to women of India, Rangoli or Kollam, is intended as a prayer and auspicious blessing, passed down from one generation of women to the next. The Ranogli design Emily created fuses many various rangoli designs she witnessed while in temples, streets and churches of India. Rangoli uniquely reflects the woman creating the design; Emerging Rangoli is intended to honor three inspiring women she met in Bangalore, Chennai and Dehra Dun; Rosabelle, Ruby and Shivarani.

Horticultural Map of Emerging Rangoli
Species of Flowers Botanical/Common Name(Shrubs)
A-Boxwood 'Green Velvet'
B-Berberis 'Gold Nugget'(Grasses)
C-Imperata(Perennials)
D-Perovskia/Russian Sage
E-Hidcote Lavender
F-Happy Returns Daylily
G-Pardon Me Daylily
H-Angelina Groundcover Sedum
I-Lady’s Mantle
J-Mother of Thyme
K-Rozanne Cranebill
L-Marmalade Coral Bells(Annuals)
M-Brilliant Canna
N-Wyoming Canna
O-Richard Wallace Canna
P-Gallery Singer Dahlia
Q-Orange Nugget Dahlia
R-Sunny Glow Dahlia
S-Cherry Chief Salvia
T-Derby Melampodium
U-Profusion Orange Zinnia
V-Lanai Red Verbena

Earthwork: Emerging Rangoli

Rangoli Demonstrations by Vijaya Chandrasekar, Padma Chari and Emily Cable.

Images of Earthwork: Emerging Rangoli Development and Planting

Earthwork: Emerging Rangoli

Earthwork: Emerging Rangoli- in progress

The commission looks forward to continuing to bring art out of the gallery and to the people.

Cultural Arts Division
Parks & Recreation Department
City of Upper Arlington
3600 Tremont Road
Upper Arlington, OH 43221
Phone: 614-583-5310
arts@uaoh.net
www.ua-ohio.net