Street Art Signables
A Project in the Making



This is a concept I'm working on for a public arts project i'd like to develop for Downtown Apex.

The project would include a series of Street Signables that would line the sidewalk. Each street signable would be approx. 6 feet tall and provide a marker and a large enough space for anyone to write on.

Street signables will return "the wall" from the virtual back to the actual physical. They'll provide a place for free expression without the fear of being arrested for vandalism.

The Lost Critter: Street Art Project

Lee Krasner: "You've done it, Pollock. You've cracked it wide open."



I imagine that is the sentence every artist would love to hear. The Lost Critter Project certainly is not the project that is cracking anything in the art world wide open. However, on a personal level, it is a step closer to combining my pop expressionist critters with an interactive environment.

The Lost Critter Project




Twenty two critters were created and placed at various location in Downtown Apex, NC. On benches, curbs, on top of newspaper boxes, on brick wall and even tied to poles and street signs.





Each critter held a sign that read:

Help! I'm Lost!
Thank goodness you found me! Please take me back to the Halle Cultural Arts Center, 237 North Salem Street in downtown Apex. I miss my brothers and sisters!




Back at the Halle Cultural Arts Center we place a Lost & Found box with the hopes that some of the critters might be found and returned to the gallery, where it just so happened, we were exhibiting.




To date, 18 of the original 22 have been returned. So keep looking :)

You Are Invited To A Reception!



Friday, May 15, 7-9 pm
Town of Apex - Cultural Arts Center

Come See The Works of Seniors Paige Beebe, Andy Blair, Katherine Czarnecki, Sam Felts, Abigail Hallatt, Andy Hansen, Lindsey Harris, Maret Koch, Sarah Jean Leonard, Nick Matin, Lauren Middleton, Yassee Mohebbi, Rachel Mullins, Katherine Nieman, Arwen Oakley, Mark Wroblewski, Jeff Young and their teachers Brenda Brokke, Leatha Koefler and Ian Sands

Music and Refreshments will be provided.

Real Street Art!

You can't get much closer to street art than art that was made to move on the street. Here are some photos sent to me by a friend who saw my Art-On-The-Move bus design parading by ;)







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Art-On-The-Move is a public art project featuring artwork from local artists that is exhibited on the sides of CAT buses. 11 other artists were selected to participate in the project.

Here is a look at my original design -->



And here is a look at the original artwork...



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and now for some random ian art...

Art-On-The-Move Bus is Rolling

I just found out that the Art-On-The-Move bus is complete and in motion. Here is a photo ->



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Art-On-The-Move is a public art project featuring artwork from local artists that is exhibited on the sides of CAT buses. 11 other artists were selected to participate in the project.

Here is a look at my original design -->



I'm fairly excited here!!

Getting Ready for the Halle Show
and
The Lost and Found Project



A shot of my "studio". This is the art created for the Halle Cultural Arts Show starting May 12th. I either need a bigger place to work or I need to start making smaller art!



Box Turtle is from a new collection I'm working on titled Box Beasts.



Gator Box is also one in the Box Beasts collections. Currently, there is a deer, a porcupine, and a cat in the works.



But the project I'm most excited about is titled Lost and Found.

I’m making these little guys out of foam board, about 10” tall. I’m making a bunch of them, 15, 20...or so. They are numbered and come with a little piece of paper that reads:

“Help! I’m lost! Thank goodness you found me. Please return me to the Halle Cultural Arts center in Downtown Apex. I miss my brothers and sisters!”

When I have the show at the Halle, I’m going to set up a lost and found box. Then I’m going to scatter the critters all over town, in public places. It will be interesting to see how many of the critters find their way back.

I’m excited about this because it combines my love of street art with my new found love, interactive art. Did you see the tweenbots site? If not, go here, read the page then watch the video... it was my total inspiration... and i'm hoping not a complete rip off :)

Featured Artist @ Cindys House



This month I'm having a show at Cindys House Cafe in Cary. It's a pretty cool place so check it out.

They have 3 other artists displaying including my soon to be BFF Rose Rosely. Her stuff is pretty niffy.

They also have live music ... but best of all... they serve brunch! Now how cool is that?!