Artwork DANCING OCEANS Installed at Port Everglades' Terminal 26

Earlier this month, the artwork DANCING OCEANS was installed at Port Everglades, Terminal 26, adding to an art project began earlier this year, by public artists Carlos Alves and partner JC Carroll, through Broward Cultural Division's Public Art & Design Program.

DANCING OCEANS enhances the public art commission, which began with WAVES, installed in March. Both parts of this public art project are integrated into a rennovation of Terminal 26, and designed to work together and assist with way-finding by providing visual cues to passengers, leading them toward the ship.

WAVES - individually handcrafted ceramic wave sculptures mounted to a long overhead wall, leads passengers from the first floor waiting room toward DANCING OCEANS, a mural which covers both levels of the elevator core walls on all four sides. Hand-glazed turquoise blue and green mosaic tiles arranged in gentle wavelike patterns suggest calm seas ahead and will delight cruise passengers. Schools of aluminum fish, mounted on short brackets, swim in front of the mosaic tiles, completing the folksy yet elegant mural, and inviting passengers to head upstairs for the rest of the embarkation process.

Artists Carlos Alves and partner JC Carroll, well-known for their handmade ceramic mosaic tile installations, share their thoughts, "we created DANCING OCEANS to represent the wonderful movement of the ocean. We want the viewer to look forward to their journey at sea and anticipate a wonderful time ahead."

Other commissions by the artists include the monumental MAP OF FLORIDA Mosaic Floor Installation for the United States Department of the Interior at Everglades National Park, the Miami Dade Children's Courthouse, the MAP OF THE REGION at the Delta Rivers Nature Center in Pine Bluffs, AR and Concourse C at the International Airport in Milwaukee, WI. Alves is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the Andy Warhol and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and a residency at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI.