Carol Craiglow on sun 13 jul 97
Hi all--Did any of you NCECA attendees happen to attend the second day
breakout session on community art projects?? I've lost my materials, so I
can't track down the name of the moderator for that session. I'm about to
propose on a public art project that must "address the theme of community
unification." The locality recently commissioned a tile mural project, colorful
low-fire earthenware tiles and don't want to repeat that concept.
The area for the project is urban low-income with gangs, crimes, grafitti, etc.
The local neighborhood committee wants something that can bring the
community, especially the youth, together through art.
My question is three-fold: 1) who chaired the NCECA breakout session and
help on locating her, 2) any ideas on ways to involve the community in the
concept and design of an art piece, and 3) any ideas on what type of art,
outside of tile murals, could be used in the community?
I wanted to attend the above-mentioned breakout session, because this is a
subject I've been interested in for some time, but opted for architectural
ceramics session. I've been considering an arch with tiles, or perhaps a
bench that is tiled, etc. Jim Robison in his new book 'Large-Scale Ceramics'
(excellent, btw) describes a small circular column with tiles with shoe prints,
names, molds of items that are significant to the community, etc. I'm leaning
toward this type of proposal, but was curious to see if any other ideas might
surface from this vast clayart forum!
TIA--I will summarize results and post to group.
Carol Craiglow in Grand Junction, (western) Colorado
Barbara Lewis on mon 14 jul 97
Carol - Deborah Bedwell of Baltimore Clayworks, 5706 Smith Avenue,
Baltimore, MD 21209
(410)578-1919 was the moderator. She is a wonderful person and a great
resource. I'm sure if you talked with her she would offen lots of ideas on
community art projects. Please let me know how you progress. I saw in a
local arts council newsletter where a ceramic artist made large pathway
tiles that were used in a garden. Also at Annmarie Sculpture Garden in
Solomons Island, Maryland Maggie Smith of Washington State did a project
with school children involving covering pre-formed cement benches with
ceramic tile. Each tile was in the shape of a leave of a plant indigenous to
Maryland. Tiles were painted with underglazes with a transparent glaze on
top. They are beautiful. Good luck, Barbara of Southern Maryland
At 10:36 AM 7/13/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi all--Did any of you NCECA attendees happen to attend the second day
>breakout session on community art projects?? I've lost my materials, so I
>can't track down the name of the moderator for that session. I'm about to
>propose on a public art project that must "address the theme of community
>unification." The locality recently commissioned a tile mural project,
colorful
>low-fire earthenware tiles and don't want to repeat that concept.
>
>The area for the project is urban low-income with gangs, crimes, grafitti, etc.
>The local neighborhood committee wants something that can bring the
>community, especially the youth, together through art.
>
>My question is three-fold: 1) who chaired the NCECA breakout session and
>help on locating her, 2) any ideas on ways to involve the community in the
>concept and design of an art piece, and 3) any ideas on what type of art,
>outside of tile murals, could be used in the community?
>
>I wanted to attend the above-mentioned breakout session, because this is a
>subject I've been interested in for some time, but opted for architectural
>ceramics session. I've been considering an arch with tiles, or perhaps a
>bench that is tiled, etc. Jim Robison in his new book 'Large-Scale Ceramics'
>(excellent, btw) describes a small circular column with tiles with shoe prints,
>names, molds of items that are significant to the community, etc. I'm leaning
>toward this type of proposal, but was curious to see if any other ideas might
>surface from this vast clayart forum!
>
>TIA--I will summarize results and post to group.
>Carol Craiglow in Grand Junction, (western) Colorado
>
>
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