{"id":2049,"date":"2017-12-05T15:07:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2017-12-05T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:07:41","slug":"michael-praises-public-art-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2049","title":{"rendered":"Michael Praises Public Art Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has praised the \u201ccreativity and individual innovation\u201d of local artists at an unveiling of the Eynsford Village Society Public Art Initiative installation on Eynsford Station this morning (4).<\/p>\n<p>Known as \u201cImages\u201d, the installation is comprised of works of art, each painted in a different style by six local artists, and celebrates the unique aesthetics of the village.<\/p>\n<p>Train operator Southeastern sponsored the project, and David Statham, Managing Director of Southeastern, was there to provide frames to exhibit the art along platform 1 of Eynsford Station.\u00a0 He said the purpose of the project is to generate interaction among people waiting for the train.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2049 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2051'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MG_0789-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?attachment_id=2052'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_0973-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Michael said: \u201cThis is a great example of the creativity and individual innovation local people have to offer.\u00a0 Railway stations provide a perfect platform for public art \u2013 something that can bring people and communities together on those otherwise restive commutes to work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael has praised the \u201ccreativity and individual innovation\u201d of local artists at an unveiling of the Eynsford Village Society Public Art Initiative installation on Eynsford Station this morning (4). Known as \u201cImages\u201d, the installation is comprised of works of art, each painted in a different style by six local artists, and celebrates the unique aesthetics &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/?p=2049\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Michael Praises Public Art Project&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[20,700,701,58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2053,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions\/2053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelfallon.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}