What's Going On
June 11, 2010 will be a fabulous rain date. Here are some of the highlights below - get yourself and anybody else you can grab to downtown New Albany, IN!
• Art Walk - Bicentennial Public Art Project- Artists and Historians onsite from 6 - 9pm
•"Rock N Roll Ballet" at the New Albany Amphitheater- Louisville Ballet Civic Dance Company performs :"Quintet for Glass and Strings" to the music of a glass harmonica and a concert produced by NAB artist John King featuring the Deloreans and Whistle Peak. 7:30 to 10:00
• Scribner House Gardens Exhibit - featuring works by Daniel Graham, Brad White, Leticia Bajuyo, Valerie Fuchs, and John King. They are all New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project Artists - 6 to 9 p.m.
• Daniel Graham and Glass exhibit at Thorpe Woodworks on Market.
• Phase Change: Works in Glass by C. Matthew Szosz at the Carnegie Center for Art and History.
• John King glass exhibit at River City Winery.
• Summer Art Show featuring Brian Somerville (clay), Pat Maxwell (photography), Donna Stallard and Richard Kopp (paintings) - Arts Council of Southern Indiana
• Schmidt Furniture Show Windows displaying work by Brian Somerville, Richard Kopp, Joshua Juett, and John Finnegan
• Fire, Color and Light exhibit at the Gallery on Pearl
• YMCA glass exhibit
• View the recently restored stain glass windows at St. Mary's Church
• Indiana University Southeast will have four exhibits on view including "Southern Manic Drawl" by Stephen Rolfe Powell, Brook Forest White, John Guenther and Laurel Streible.
• Trolley's will be available for Glass Conference attendees. The Trolley will run from Louisville to New Albany and IUS. You must be a paid conference member to ride the trolley.
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The visiting artist lectures at Purdue College of Technology are a huge success. The commercial art and technology students are excited and receptive to seeing ways in which the tools at their disposal can be used in new and creative endeavors. I would like to thank Professors Richard Kopp, Tim Cooley, John Finnegan and Ananth Sriraman for working with me to create this program.
There are three more lectures in the series and they are free and open to the public - see below for details.
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VISITING ARTIST TALKS - Purdue UniversityLETICIA BAJUYO - New AlbanianJOHN KING - Press Links
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Visiting Artist Talks - Purdue University
Announcing a new collaborative project with Purdue University featuring a visiting artist program at Purdue College of Technology in New Albany in the Purdue Research Park on Charlestown Road.
Professor Richard Kopp, the Society for Mechanical Engineers (SME), and the Special Interest Group for Graphics (SIGGRAPH) host the program. Both SME and SIGGRAPH are student organizations associated with the Mechanical Engineering Technology and Computer Graphics Technology programs offered at the Purdue College of Technology.
Selected artists from this year's 2010 River Project will speak at the university. The Visiting Artist lectures are free and open to the public. The first speaker is sculptor Brad White, and is scheduled for March 18th, 2010 from 12:00 to 1:00 am. White will discuss his design for the Underground Railroad inspired sculpture that will be installed downtown in May of 2010. He is an employee of Bright Foundry, and will also explain mold making and other techniques used in the process of casting bronze works of art.
Scheduled talks to date include:
March 18th, 2010 from 12:00 to 1:00pm: Brad White - His sculpture is inspired by Underground Railroad History, and will be located on Main Street next to Keystone Restoration.
April 1st, 2010 from 12:00 to 1:00pm: J. Daniel Graham - His sculpture is influenced by Early Settlement history, and his work is sited for placement in St. Marks Garden on Spring Street.
April 15th, 2010 from 12:00 to 1:00pm: Leticia Bajuyo - Her sculpture is inspired by New Albany's Brewing and Tavern History, and will be installed at the New Albanian Bank Street Brewhouse.
Other talks will be scheduled in the fall semester. For more information about this exciting public art project, or artists' speaking opportunities, please contact New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project Director Julie Schweitzer at info@nabpublicart.org or visit www.nabpublicart.org. For details about these speakers at Purdue University of Technology at New Albany, contact Professor Richard Kopp at rdkopp@purdue.edu.
This project is a partnership between the Carnegie Center for Art and History and the New Albany Urban Enterprise Association. It is directed by Julie Schweitzer Studios, with major funding provided by the Horseshoe Foundation of Southern Indiana and support from The Tribune. For more information or to get involved contact Julie Schweitzer, Project Director at info@nabpublicart.org or call 812-944-4986.
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Leticia Bajuyo
As part of the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project, artist Leticia Bajuyo is creating an interactive sculpture for display at the New Albanian Brewing Company at the Bank Street Brew house.
On March 20, 2010, at noon, Leticia Bajuyo will be at the Brewhouse site to give a presentation about her work and the project.
The piece she will create is informed by the history of taverns and breweries in New Albany and dates back to 1830 with stories of homespun attitudes and community support, as explained on the project's FaceBook page, and webpage at www.nabpublicart.org
In recognition of this, the primary materials of the sculpture are locally collected, used beer bottles. The collected bottles are used to create a work influenced by the Lite-Brite™ toy; these bottles serve as pegs on the front wall of the sculpture, but unlike a Lite-Brite™, these pegs do not create a stationary pattern. Here, images of New Albany’s brewery logos, projected from the inside the sculpture, change through viewer participation. Furthermore, the sides of the sculpture are constructed of bottles between plexi-glass walls. Sitting on shelves, these rows of bottles reference both the song “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” and Tom Marioni’s social sculpture from 1970, entitled “The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art."
Attendees will be paid in New Albanian Brewing Company “scrip” for clean empties with labels removed. Attendees can redeem the “scrip” as coupons toward their food and drink purchases. Lite-Brites™ will be available onsite to stimulate your creativity along with your appetite. Please join us with your empties and become a part of New Albany’s brewing history.
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John King:
These links connect to press regarding John King's Event on February 14, 2010. The show at the Seelbach sold out in 15 minutes! He is getting some great press on a local and national level. Here are some of the links to visit:
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