To address the issue, the Arizona Technology Council has partnered with Arizona Collaboratory Inc. Since the installation of the piece, people of all ages in Morris Plaza are seen interacting with the artwork daily (changing the colors, sitting in them, taking pictures with them)! The sculptures automatically cycle through all colors in the spectrum, but can be manually adjusted to a specific color by visitors pressing a button. With consultation from the Arts and Culture Department, Joe developed, fabricated, and installed four acrylic sculptures that are internally illuminated at twilight and are human scaled to encourage interaction. The City collaborated with a Tucson artist, Joe O’Connell (Creative Machines), to develop a concept that would be in harmony with the other public art features in close proximity such as Mesa Flora figure at the Country Club Light Rail Station and the Memory of a Tree pecan tree-themed screen wall at the Traction Power Substation. Twilight Garden – A new public art project called Twilight Garden is located at Morris Plaza on the north side of Main Street, adjacent to Il Vinaio.

At the time yours truly was here today, two guys doing some electrical work didn't have much to say, but Cindy Ornstein - Arts & Culture Director for the City of Mesa - certainly had plenty of information at her fingertips about the interactive Twilight Garden Morris Park sending images via email at the same time. Brushed acrylic/Plexiglas abstract-free form sculptures and benches are getting unwrapped and installed on the side.

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