Thursday, September 3, 2009

Inhabitat - Recycled Billboard Vinyl Becomes Public Art

"Billboards get all sorts of (justified) flak for polluting our mind-scapes. They are everywhere, flaunting famous people — in expensive clothes, drinking sexy beer, promising us recession-busting discounts. Unfortunately, billboards are also responsible for a more tangible type of pollution. At the end of an advertising campaign, billboard workers roll up the heavy-grade vinyl and toss it in the dumpster. When Peter Schulberg experienced this waste firsthand, he immediately took steps to remedy it....."
Read how one gallery dealer turned discarded vinyl into public art.

Inhabitat - Recycled Billboard Vinyl Becomes Public Art
by Moe Beitiks

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Completed Edgewood Mural- a set on Flickr

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

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.