DoN spoke with Luren Jenison about this interesting interactive project ongoing @ Workspace, 319 North 11th Street; the entire room is converted into a giant loom, guests are encouraged to participate with the materials at hand or schedule time to stop by and weave for a while. You can bring your own stuff to weave, when the large fabric is complete it will be combined with other loomed pieces created in other spaces – so temporal and time-trippy.
UArts is hosting a series of sculpture “events” in the niches on the facade of the temple @ Broad & Pine Streets. A recent piece was made of string and actually stayed put.
A Drawing Marathon was recently held in the Great Hall @ UArts. DoN is featured in the UArts alumni news magazine Edge, there is a full page story with photos. Chris Garvin, the director of the Multimedia department @ UArts is also featured in the same issue. Pretty cool!
An incredible thing has happened. The business community of South Street offered empty store fronts to artists rent free if they pay the utilities; DoN first heard of this from David Foss, director of the Da Vinci Art Alliance. The Dumpster Divers jumped at the chance and have installed an exciting mixed media art show of museum quality – a lot of the work has been exhibited in actual museums and are scheduled to show in upcoming museum shows. The Grand Opening is March 15th but there’s plenty to absorb now as the huge space at 723 South Street is transformed.
DoN says when the grid goes down the artists will become the tribal leaders: storytellers, image makers, re-purposers, builders, makers, artists, musicians and those able to carry the history forward and preserve culture.
Dumpster Divers on South Street.
Dumpster Diver outsider, couturier Shoshana Arons with Diver multimedia artist Alden Cole @ 723 South Street.
Burnell Yow!‘s “52 Collages in 52 Weeks” @ The Dumpster Divers installation on South Street.
