Awards
Many of the public art projects in Memphis have received national and international recognition, including:
Cooper Young Trestle
by Jill Turman, Americans for the Arts "Public Art Year in Review", 2000
Outdoor Walkway at the Memphis/Shelby County Public Library
by Brad and Diana Goldberg and Garrison Roots, Americans for the Arts "Public Art Year in Review", 2001
"Whirl"
by John Medwedeff, Top Job Award for Metal Sculpture by the National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association, 2002
Cannon Center Plaza at Front and Poplar
by Vito Acconci and Acconci Studios, featured in ID Magazine and in a traveling exhibit
Cannon Center Plaza; Untitled Sculptures
by Vito Acconci and Acconci Studios, and by John Salvest, Americans for the Arts "Public Art Year in Review", 2004
Madison Avenue Line - Orleans Station Mosaic columns
by Jeanne Seagle, selected for inclusion in the American Society of Mosaic Artists' Mosaic Arts International, 2007
In addition, the UAC received the Center City Commission's 2002 Vision Award.