Completed Edgewood - a set on Flickr: "Completed Edgewood"
If you missed the official opening of the Edgewood Mural, please see photos by see photos by Mika, Jazi, Dan Rosenstein and Chip Feise.
Meet the artists, Pose 2, Decoy, Chor Boogie, Joshua Mays and Quest Skinner in a comfortable cool place August 27 from 6pm to 8pm. They are presenting their work on canvases along with photos of the past work and ideas for the future. The event is organized by the Pink Line Project and is in the new Solea Building on 1405 Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Edgewood Mural Dedication
Celebrate the completion of the Edgewood Mural tomorrow. The mural will be officially given to the community by the Mayor Adrian M. Fenty on Monday, August 24th at 4:30pm.
There will performances by the young artists from the Summer Youth Employment Program. The ceremony is in the parking lot of Rhode Island Avenue Center (behind Safeway and CVS) on 540 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington DC.
"From Edgewood to the Edge of the World" is commissioned by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art in Public Places Program. Created with assistance of young artists from Summer Youth Employment Program, Beacon House, neighbors and local artists. The featured artists are: Pose 2, Decoy, Chor Boogie, Joshua Mays & Quest Skinner.
There will performances by the young artists from the Summer Youth Employment Program. The ceremony is in the parking lot of Rhode Island Avenue Center (behind Safeway and CVS) on 540 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington DC.
"From Edgewood to the Edge of the World" is commissioned by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art in Public Places Program. Created with assistance of young artists from Summer Youth Employment Program, Beacon House, neighbors and local artists. The featured artists are: Pose 2, Decoy, Chor Boogie, Joshua Mays & Quest Skinner.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Edgewood Mural Jam
This Saturday, the capital’s largest public art event is taking place in the Northeast neighborhood of Edgewood.
The Edgewood Mural Jam is sponsored by Albus Cavus, the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, Liquitex, Beacon House, District Department of Transportation, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
From 10am to 8pm, over 100 muralists, artists, and members of the general public will be on hand to complete a public painting on a wall larger than a football field.
The event is for all ages, and will have good food, activities for children, DJs spinning, and of course good company.
The mural will be painted on a wall near the Rhode Island Ave. Metro Stop, on the Red Line.
The DC community is invited to participate in the largest interactive public art event of the summer by meeting the artists, watching them work, and picking up a paintbrush to join in.
Over the last eight weeks, artists Decoy, Quest Skinner, Pose 2, Chor Boogie and Joshua Mays have been leading a group of young people from our Summer Youth Employment Program to develop, design, and create a mural for the DC community. “From Edgewood to the Edge of the World” is the anchor art piece that reflects the souls of the artists and invites the public to imagine a new world. The Edgewood Mural Jam will nearly double the size of public art piece in one day as 100 artists have been invited to contribute their art. The mural walls are visible from the Rhode Island Metro station on the Red Line and along the new Metropolitan Branch Trail.Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Art Klash: D.C.’s Premier Freestyle Art Battle
A New Forum to Celebrate CreativityArt Klash is a live art competition with participants from across the Washington D.C. Metro Area. We are geared to bring a highly energetic art battle to the Washington D.C Area. The purpose of the battle is to highlight talent, wit, and spur of the moment creativity in the form of a mural. Each art team, consisting of two artists, will have ninety minutes, a canvas, and a variety of markers to construct a mural based on a randomly selected theme. The winner will be selected by our guest judges Judah (music producer) and Rachel Dickerson (District of Columbia Council of the Arts and Humanities member). Our live audience will have a say in selecting the nights winner as well.
Wednesday August 12 from 8:00pm-until
L’enfant Moderne Gallery
3232 P St. NW
Washington D.C., 20007
L’enfant Moderne Gallery
3232 P St. NW
Washington D.C., 20007
(Near the corner of Wisconsin Ave NW and P Street NW in Georgetown)
See Jazirocks, Imani Brown, Brandon Hill aka “The Baby Chicken”, and Alex Meade Compete Live
Music Provided by DJ Beatstreet
Hosted By Leo Breckenridge
Doors open at 8:00pm. Competition starts at 8:30pm.
Cover $7.00
Tickets are available now at www.artklashdc.eventbrite.com
Public Art Creates Community
(Washington, DC, August 5, 2009) - You are invited to come out and watch the District's largest public mural take shape. The Edgewood mural project team has started painting the 275-foot long wall that's two-stories high. Over the next 10 days, artists and DC youth will cover a wall space that is larger than a football field with a public art piece called "From Edgewood to the Edge of the World." The project and the resulting art seeks to reflect its home community of Edgewood and be a window into the souls of the artists.
The Edgewood mural project is sponsored by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities and the DC Mayor Office's Summer Youth Employment Program, and directed by public arts non-profit Albus Cavus. The mural wall is located along the new Metropolitan Branch Trail for cyclists and walkers and visible from the WMATA Rhode Island metro stop. What was a grey retainer wall will be transformed into a beautiful creation.
Come to the mural site and be a part of the action. Seriously. Drawing in visitors fills in the vision of public art to create spaces where people come together and interact with the art. The quality of open space affects how walkable and safe neighborhoods are for residents. Public art can promote creativity, healthy spaces; and, in the case of the Edgewood Mural, it will promote healthy bodies. "From Edgewood to the Edge of the World" connects art and health, because it's located along the new Metropolitan Branch Trail for cyclists, joggers, walkers, and families.
The new Metropolitan Branch Trail will connect all parts of DC from Union Station to Silver Spring, Maryland. The trail will bring visitors, residents, and commuters together, serving as a recreational opportunity and an alternative transportation route. Weaving through parks, major roadways and revitalized urban zones, the new trail will take visitors past major landmarks and a significant piece of public art. "The Edgewood mural will not only be a beautiful aesthetic addition to the trail, but it will draw people to the trail to look at the mural," says Heather Deutsch, Bicycle Program Specialist/Trail Planner, Transportation, Policy and Planning Administration, District Department of Transportation.
"The current reality of public urban spaces, many times, is bleak, unsafe, ugly, and covered with litter," says Peter Krsko, Director of Albus Cavus. "Public art changes how residents spend time in public spaces. They meet at public art, they take care of the space, communities hold events next to the art and draw people into social interactions. While we create engaging art for people to enjoy, an additional result is safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable urban spaces."
On August 15, the public is invited to participate in and view a mural jam for local artists to contribute their work and extend the mural down the sprawling wall to the street. The event invites the community to learn and appreciate the artwork and will feature live music, deejays, giveaways and an artist market.
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To view more background on the Edgewood Mural process and photos, please visit: http://createpublicartdc.ning.com
Create Public Art DC
The Edgewood mural project is sponsored by the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities and the DC Mayor Office's Summer Youth Employment Program, and directed by public arts non-profit Albus Cavus. The mural wall is located along the new Metropolitan Branch Trail for cyclists and walkers and visible from the WMATA Rhode Island metro stop. What was a grey retainer wall will be transformed into a beautiful creation.
Come to the mural site and be a part of the action. Seriously. Drawing in visitors fills in the vision of public art to create spaces where people come together and interact with the art. The quality of open space affects how walkable and safe neighborhoods are for residents. Public art can promote creativity, healthy spaces; and, in the case of the Edgewood Mural, it will promote healthy bodies. "From Edgewood to the Edge of the World" connects art and health, because it's located along the new Metropolitan Branch Trail for cyclists, joggers, walkers, and families.
The new Metropolitan Branch Trail will connect all parts of DC from Union Station to Silver Spring, Maryland. The trail will bring visitors, residents, and commuters together, serving as a recreational opportunity and an alternative transportation route. Weaving through parks, major roadways and revitalized urban zones, the new trail will take visitors past major landmarks and a significant piece of public art. "The Edgewood mural will not only be a beautiful aesthetic addition to the trail, but it will draw people to the trail to look at the mural," says Heather Deutsch, Bicycle Program Specialist/Trail Planner, Transportation, Policy and Planning Administration, District Department of Transportation.
"The current reality of public urban spaces, many times, is bleak, unsafe, ugly, and covered with litter," says Peter Krsko, Director of Albus Cavus. "Public art changes how residents spend time in public spaces. They meet at public art, they take care of the space, communities hold events next to the art and draw people into social interactions. While we create engaging art for people to enjoy, an additional result is safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable urban spaces."
On August 15, the public is invited to participate in and view a mural jam for local artists to contribute their work and extend the mural down the sprawling wall to the street. The event invites the community to learn and appreciate the artwork and will feature live music, deejays, giveaways and an artist market.
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To view more background on the Edgewood Mural process and photos, please visit: http://createpublicartdc.ning.com
Create Public Art DC
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