Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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“Just Two of Us”
Read more: “Just Two of Us”Katharina Grosse’s public exhibition “Just Two of Us” consists of eight large meteor looking sculptures painted in bright technicolors. The sculptures, which have been placed in the public plaza at Metro Tech Commons, have transformed downtown Brooklyn. Grosse is a…
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Indian Act
Read more: Indian ActIndian Act speaks of the realities of colonization – the effects of contact, and its often-broken and untranslated contracts. The piece consists of all 56 pages of the Federal Government’s Indian Act mounted on stroud cloth and sewn over with…
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Snake Ceiling
Read more: Snake CeilingOn May 12, 2008, a massive earthquake in China’s Sichuan province killed approximately 90,000 people. Ai Weiwei created this serpentine sculpture, made of backpacks, to commemorate the more than 5,000 school children who were killed when their shoddily constructed schools…
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MobileMuster
Read more: MobileMusterAustralian recycling initiative MobileMuster, a free mobile phone recycling program that accepts all brands and types of mobile phones, teamed up with artist Chris Jordan and college students from Melbourne, Australia to create a public installation. The installation, which is…
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190 Bowery Street
Read more: 190 Bowery StreetI went on a graffiti tour that went through NOHO, SOHO and the Lower East Side last weekend. We saw works by street artists – Space Invader and Roa – that were remarkable. Roa had created a commissioned mural of…
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Art Behind Bars: Prison Art by Soudabeh Ardavan
Read more: Art Behind Bars: Prison Art by Soudabeh ArdavanCharged with participating in demonstrations against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Soudabeh Ardavan was held for eight years (1981-1989) in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. She found sanity and solace through the forbidden activities of drawing and painting, secretly producing paint…
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Street Art Projects
Read more: Street Art ProjectsStreet Art Projects brings talented visual artists to public events, community groups, and schools, to offer a window into the creative process. Our workshops and projects combine chalk art with story telling, encouraging a deeper understanding between different cultures through…
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Street Art and Activism With ‘The Slumlord Project’ In Baltimore
Read more: Street Art and Activism With ‘The Slumlord Project’ In BaltimoreIn a twist on the Broken Windows Theory, street artists are using their skills to combat urban blight in Baltimore with “The Slumlord Project”. By drawing the attention of neighbors to abandoned and vacant properties and giving pertinent ownership information…
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Will Work for Empty Wallets
Read more: Will Work for Empty WalletsWill Work for Empty Wallets is a community outreach project dedicated to the millions of unemployed United States Citizens. Over 3,000 empty wallets were collected nationwide with the help of the Georgia Department of Labor to construct an 11’x21′ American…
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Art from Trash: Transforming How We See Waste and the Disappearing Reefs
Read more: Art from Trash: Transforming How We See Waste and the Disappearing ReefsBy John Ivanko Created and curated by Christine and Margaret Wertheim, the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit was a stunning display of an ingenious use of waste materials, creativity and community, bringing together various reefs created by artists from around…