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Charleston IN PLACE Artworks Tour
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This is a contributing entry for Charleston IN PLACE Artworks Tour and only appears as part of that tour.Learn More.
Artist Amanda Jane Miller's contribution to the IN PLACE project was this piece titled Cat. The paint on metal work was installed at the North Charleston Community Center in 2019. Cat was one of the last IN PLACE works to be completed and stands at the head of the Carriage Trail. Miller typically works as an illustrator and printmaker, so the materials used for Cat are atypical for her art. However, this depiction of a feline is firmly a part of Miller's rumpled cartoon style. Though all IN PLACE works are made to integrate with their environment, Miller's is something of a departure from other works in the series. Most other pieces use natural features within the work — bushes as hair or an umbrella keeping away ivy rather than water. However, Miller's piece is "in place" not because it incorporates its surroundings directly, but because a lone cat something one would not be surprised, or might even expect, to see.

IN PLACE - Cat.

Plant, Tree, Leaf, Chair

Charleston putting new "face" on landscape with in-place mural projects, WCHS. April 19th 2019. Accessed January 26th 2021. https://wchstv.com/news/local/charleston-putting-new-face-on-landscape-with-in-place-mural-projects.

Eye of the Beholder: Public art fits in seamlessly around Charleston, Charleston Gazette-Mail. June 23rd 2019. Accessed January 26th 2021. https://www.wvgazettemail.com/life/eye-of-the-beholder-public-art-fits-in-seamlessly-around-charleston/article_2a10c3f6-315e-5004-b895-8d6d9797d752.html.

Public Art to be Installed During City-Wide Clean Up, Charleston WV. Accessed January 26th 2021. https://charlestonwv.gov/news-items/thu-04182019-1557/public-art-clean.

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Office of Public Art, Charleston WV. Accessed January 26, 2021. https://gisweb.cityofcharleston.org/storymaps/arttour/#.