Peta Kaplan Paintings

Peta
Kaplan
Paintings

Upcoming Events:

2007 Chicago Public Arts Project

Cool Globes - Peta Kaplan globe Green Fleets

About Cool Globes
Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet is a public art exhibit that will unite artists, corporations, government and non-profit organizations to increase awareness and promote solutions to global warming. The exhibit, which premieres in the summer of 2007 will shine the national spotlight on Chicagos long-standing commitment to both public arts and environmental initiatives. Cool Globes will be displayed along Chicagos famous lakefront, allowing visitors to view the exhibit throughout the summer.

Art Displays
Artists, both local and national, will be selected to create their unique vision of the planet. Each artist will select an environmental topic or be commissioned by a sponsor to work on a solution to global warming for their artwork. Each five foot globe will be transformed into an artistic vehicle to create awareness and motivate change.

#166 - "Green Fleets "
The Illinois Green Fleets Program is a voluntary program where businesses, government units, and other organizations in Illinois gain recognition for having clean, green, domestic, renewable fuel vehicles in their fleet. The globe will juxtapose through the use of red and green slices, the choices that fleet managers can make for their drivers. The oil rig is the visual for the red segments; the corn stock is the dominant visual for the green segments. Cutting across several segments, will be a graph showing greenhouse gas emissions trends. Above it will be a visual strip merging cornfields with congested freeways. Local communities which have green fleets will also be highlighted.