John Fleming has been putting up public art projects for the past 20 years. So when the City of Lakewood put out a call for artists to submit ideas for an art piece to be installed in front of Colonial Plaza, he threw his hat in the ring. “I proposed these two arcs as a gateway into Lakewood, and the selection committee reviewed and selected me as the finalist for the commission,” he said. The art piece would include comments from 112 people gathered by the city about how much they enjoy living in Lakewood. The art project was installed in front of the Plaza on January 25, but Fleming spent Tuesday getting rid of three quotes on one half of the art piece and another on the other half of the art piece across the street. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/lakewood-art-installation-community-ire/281-0e0134ef-731b-4d6f-96fd-5beff6650fa2