By Matthew Morowitz As was talked about in the first Art Prospect piece, Ed Woodham’s time in St. Petersburg was as much an opportunity to explore public art in the city, as it was “to do some subversive, gay expressionist sort of performance” he has referred to as “homopropaganda.” His performance, which eventually led him to [...]
George Spencer’s “Long Count” (Photo courtesy of Sarah Brozna). Art in Odd Places previewed 11 projects from its upcoming October festival NUMBER as part of this year’s IDEAS CITY StreetFest. For those of you who missed the event, presented by the New Museum, here’s a peek at those projects in action. You can always catch [...]
Alicia Grullon is an American artist based in the Bronx. Today she stops by to talk about social practice art, and whether or not art can make law.
Art in Odd Places (AiOP), New York City’s annual public art and performance festival will preview eleven projects from its upcoming October festival NUMBER at the New Museum’s IDEA CITY festival StreetFest on Saturday, May 4 from 11am to 6pm. AiOP 2013: NUMBER takes up the pressures and provocations of the numerologies of our time. [...]
Free city poster. Image courtesy of Jerome Chou. The end of this week starts the Free City Public Art Festival: Reclaim | Transform in Flint, Michigan. Recently, Stephen Zacks, the executive director of the Flint Public Art Project, contacted Art in Odd Places with this to say about the upcoming event: From May 3-5, Flint [...]
By Matthew Morowitz In Russia, September of 2012 was a very active period in regards to the arts. CEC Artslink not only organized the Art Prospect festival, which was St. Petersburg’s first-ever large-scale public art venue, but they also offered some of the American artists in the festival the opportunity to spearhead works in different [...]
The Motor City Window Cleaning Co. combines a tale of two cities with an artist’s own unwinding family history. Artist Laura Napier joins us to discuss the project and the family secret to washing windows (Video below). Tell us about yourself. Where are you from and what’s your connection to Detroit? My great-grandparents came to [...]
Ms. Bennett, Swoon. Photo by Evgeniy Luchinskiy. By Matthew Morowitz In September of 2012, a handful of American artists were invited to St. Petersburg, Russia to participate in the first ever large-scale festival for public art in the city, Art Prospect. Although there have been other public art festivals in the city, Art Prospect differs [...]
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“Facebook banner for ‘The Coalition to End Sheriff Violence in Los Angeles Jails’” Graphic Design by: Street Inc Media By Matthew Morowitz On March 9, 2013, “Freedom Harvest Presents: #RISEOFTHEDANDELIONS” premiered at the Pieter Performance Space. Spearheaded by Patrisse Cullors and her coalition, The Coalition to End Sheriff Violence in Los Angeles Jails, this piece was created in [...]
It’s International Women’s Day, and it’s been an exciting few days in Washington D.C. Yesterday President Obama signed an expanded Violence Against Women Act that offers protections for gays, lesbians, Native Americans, and immigrants. This morning, former president Bill Clinton penned an op-ed for The Washington Post deeming the Defense of Marriage Act, which [...]
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