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City Hall - A New Look
If you visit Boynton Beach City Hall, you will see a new look. The lobby walls are freshly painted with icy aqua accent colors and decorated with Public Art! Brochures, flyers and information literature are neatly housed in professional kiosk displays. Even the furniture is arranged in a "feng shui" groupings making it comfortable for visitors to wait or meet.
 Upon entering the lobby you will be greeted by the sculpture "Opus 14 Sea Turtle" that sits on his new habitat painted base. This welded steel sculpture has been on loan since 1995 from Rick Beau Lieu. Above the customer service desk you will see a custom kinetic artwork suspended from the ceiling created by National artist, Tom Brewitz. To the right above the cashier is colorful painting Boynton's lifeguard station on the beach by local artist, Stan Sternbach.
As you pass along the hall there are several additional artworks consisting of a painting, water color, ceramic plates and a wall sculpture. The stairway to the second floor features another large and lively mixed media piece. This artwork collection was purchase through a local call to artists. This is the beginning of our City's Public Art collection", states Public Art Administrator, Debby Coles-Dobay. "The artwork is available for purchase as we continue to refresh our collection".
Enjoying the surroundings
City employee Debbie Majors notes, "The artwork helps me slow down and take notice and enjoy my surroundings. We live in a very fast paced world, seeing a giant turtle, a colorful sculpture or mobile, in the midst of offices, partitions and doorways, is unexpected. I stop to enjoy it, even if only for a brief moment".
The lobby is cleaner and more organized making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for. Employees and visitors alike benefit from the new look. " We've turned a functional City Hall Lobby into a cultural oasis", says Janet DeVires, the City's Library & Museum's Archivist.
"We have a sense of style" adds Boynton's Planning & Zoning Director, Mike Rumpf.
This is the start of the City's Public Artwork collection.
Increases in value
Some of the artwork is on loan and others were purchased through a call to artists and selected by a committee.
As the artwork increases in value and is sold, the collection will contribute to the funds dedicated to the Art in Public Places program. | 
