When: Thursday, November 18, 2010 6-8PM
Where: The Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY
There’s something in the air…literally.
In the last two years, sidewalk sheds, of which there are more linear feet hanging above our heads than there are yellow cabs in New York City, have been getting a lot of attention. There’s an entire section on the real estate website Curbed NY, devoted to exposing “Scaffolding Nightmares” around town but people are doing a lot more than just sitting around complaining. The Downtown Alliance for New York, ArtBridge, the Center for Architecture and most recently, the Department of Buildings (with support from the Rockefeller Foundation), are just a handful of the many organizations that are using construction sites and materials as platforms for Public-Art making. Art is playing an integral role in connecting the public to the space around them, even as it is in development and not yet complete.
Join us for our first of a series of lively panel discussions featuring representatives from organizations and companies throughout NYC coming together to talk about what seems to be a growing movement, turning away from the construction site to turning towards it, seeing it for the first time as unexplored territory for the exhibition of Public Art.
Tickets: $25. All proceeds go directly to ArtBridge and to expanding what we hope will be an ongoing, cutting-edge series devoted to exploring the effects, quirks, trends and future of this growing partnership of Construction and Art.
Plywood, Concrete, Paint!
When: Thursday, November 18, 2010 6-8PM
Where: The Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY
There’s something in the air…literally.
In the last two years, sidewalk sheds, of which there are more linear feet hanging above our heads than there are yellow cabs in New York City, have been getting a lot of attention. There’s an entire section on the real estate website Curbed NY, devoted to exposing “Scaffolding Nightmares” around town but people are doing a lot more than just sitting around complaining. The Downtown Alliance for New York, ArtBridge, the Center for Architecture and most recently, the Department of Buildings (with support from the Rockefeller Foundation), are just a handful of the many organizations that are using construction sites and materials as platforms for Public-Art making. Art is playing an integral role in connecting the public to the space around them, even as it is in development and not yet complete.
Join us for our first of a series of lively panel discussions featuring representatives from organizations and companies throughout NYC coming together to talk about what seems to be a growing movement, turning away from the construction site to turning towards it, seeing it for the first time as unexplored territory for the exhibition of Public Art.
Panelists Include:
Joe Covello, Vice President and Co-Owner of United Hoisting and Scaffolding
Maya Barkai, Public Artist
Rodney Durso, Founder, ArtBridge
Olympia Kazi, Executive Director of the Van Alen Institute
Moderator: Katie Denny, The North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition
Tickets: $25. All proceeds go directly to ArtBridge and to expanding what we hope will be an ongoing, cutting-edge series devoted to exploring the effects, quirks, trends and future of this growing partnership of Construction and Art.