New York-based artist Jane Dickson and eighteen others have been tapped to contribute to a public art commission that will be included as part of a forthcoming $4.2 billion renovation of Terminal 6 at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
On Thursday, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, alongside JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), the company behind the building process for the airport’s update announced that Dickson will design a large-scale bronze medallion located at the terminal’s arrivals plaza, the interior area where people first come to when they reach New York City after deboarding incoming flights.
Spanning 14-feet-wide, the structure is proposed to be made displayed nearby a landscaped terrace and the plan for Terminal 6 is part of a larger $19 million investment in updating JFK in various phases. They started rolling out in 2017 and the Terminal 6 update is expected to be completed by 2028.
Dickson’s piece will be part of a broader art initiative led by a Public Art Fund, a New York nonprofit that oversees projects putting contemporary art works into high-traffic public spaces.
Dickson has been active as an artist in New York since coming to the city in the late 1970s. Born in Chicago, she was considered a key player in the artist group Collaborative Projects Inc.’s, working as a programmer with artists on its installations. In recent years, she has worked as a painter and shown at the downtown gallery Karma.
The proposal for Terminal 6 features 10 artist based in New York. Charles Gaines, Kambui Olujimi, Teresita Fernandez, and Nina Chanel Abney are among the program of 19 people who will contribute art commissions for the plan.
