Getting “Artsy” Around Sydney

How  does public art enhance your city?

“The public has a right to art. Art is for everybody.(Keith Haring)

I’ve been typically curious about public art in my travels as a way of finding personal connections to any place I visit. Such sites of a visually appealing nature might offer more deep- seated selling points for me as a tourist to guide my travels around a town. Such facts on public art displays I might look for include the representation of people from different cultural backgrounds, key events in a town’s history, or any oases of deep personal reflection. 

So with respect to our recent cruise stop at Sydney, Nova Scotia, there  seemed much to see from an artistic perspective as I walked uphill from the port, then along Charlotte Street through downtown. Such aesthetic sensations welcoming me to Sydney ranged from traditional artifacts found in “Olden English” times to more eclectic icons of the town’s more diversely aware present.Take a look for yourself in the following photo set.