Artists plans to bridge the gap in Greensburg to be shown this week

Artist Janet Zweig will reveal her plans for the Westmoreland Museum of American Art's Bridging the Gap project at two public meetings this week.

The museum is working with Zweig, landscape architect Fred Bonci, PennDOT and the city of Greensburg to renovate the North Main Street and North Maple Avenue bridges in tandem with an $18 million renovation and expansion of the museum building between the two streets.

The fences on the bridges will be rebuilt to include viewing windows, which will allow pedestrians to look out toward the museum.

We're working with (Zweig) to incorporate her artwork into our landscape, said Bonci, who is heading landscape architecture for the museum. We want to make those bridges kind of a highlight as people drive by.

The public meetings revealing the artwork will be held 6-7 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday in room 003 of Greensburg Salem Middle School.

Zweig, a Brooklyn artist whose work can be seen at the Mellon Park Walled Garden in Pittsburgh, said she was given a clear mission by the museum.

They want to bridge the gap between downtown Greensburg, local residents and the museum on the hill, she said.

Two of the viewing windows on the bridges will look out onto anamorphic illusions artworks on the museum grounds that will appear in their intended form only when viewed from the bridges. They will look different from any other perspective.

You're going to notice some kind of three-dimensional imagery that draws your eyes to the museum, Bonci said.

Zweig is keeping the nature of the works secret until next week's meetings, but she dropped a few hints.

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Artists plans to bridge the gap in Greensburg to be shown this week