In October last year, the Minister of Tourism, Dangui Oduber, announced the search for local artists to participate in the Palm Beach Tower Art Project. On April 29th, it was announced regarding the conceptual design that will be in the hands of artist Paul Wong.
At that time, the minister informed that the first phase had already been completed, where they worked on the platform used by both locals and tourists from previous years, and in the last months of the past year, it was seen that the first phase of the platform renovation was completed.
According to Oduber, the second phase involved inviting local artists to use their creativity and present ideas on what could be placed in the white tower to begin the search for “what design the community wants to see or what design we need to implement.”
Previously, there was the flag of Aruba, and tourists used it to take pictures and post them on social media, which is also why they called on local artists to participate in the request for proposal (RFP) so that they could get an idea or thoughts on what should be put in the tower to become a tourist attraction in the Palm Beach area.
Minister Oduber announced that since October, they have been posting on their social media this invitation called “Palm Beach Tower Art Project,” aimed at local artists who want to be part of it. “This is a beautiful project to showcase not only in our local market but also to our tourists, and that’s why we’re extending the invitation to start participating for 10 days, and then when we receive those who want to participate, we will evaluate them with a commission, and finally, in approximately a month, the official work can begin.”
Now, finally, the minister informed that “after we have fixed the platform at Palm Beach, the next phase will be a design for the tower. This is the conceptual design by local artist Paul Wong to be completed with it. This is the front part; the back part also has a conceptual one that will be posted.”
On social networks, Minister Oduber’s publication received quite a reaction, where both locals and tourists will surely make this platform a new point of attraction.
