The Coconut Grove Peacock Tour is coming this spring.25 or more fiberglass painted peacocks will be on display throughout the Grove at various businesses who will arrange to "adopt" them with a favorite charity of theirs as a partner.
There will be a parade and map of the locations which will promote the peacocks for a minimum of six months including on NBC6 tv and website. NBC6 is one of the sponsors.
There are two styles of peacocks, one will have the tail feathers down and the other will have them up and displayed. The cost for each peacock is $3700 for the down tail style and $4400 for the other style.
Chicago and New York did this with cows, Cincinnati did it with pigs (the Big Pig Gig). The Catskills did it with cats and it's brought in lots of tourists and money. The residual effects of the Chicago cows is more then $100 million. This has been spent by tourists coming to the city and spending money on everything from hotels to cow-related souvenirs.
Tied in with the peacocks could be t-shirts, jewelry, books, feathers, and more. All for sale at local establishments.
Neo Pop Artist Ed King is on board. He feels that art inspires people, and that public art shows that a city or town is invested. He said that art is a universal point of connectivity and it engages people. Art improves quality of life in a community. Local artist Eileen Seitz is also endorsing the project. Both she and Ed attended last weekend's press conference. Shown here is Ron Magill from Miami Metrozoo, who also was at the press conference, with an actual peacock.
For more info on the project please contact Heather Bettner at 305-775-0113 or heather@princemediadevelopment.com . Heather can explain it in more detail, she'll explain how you can sponsor a peacock and get together with an artist of your choice and a charity of your choice.
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