On Oct. 28, you can help NABC say goodbye to Leticia Bajuyo’s “Brew History: All Bottled Up.” Here’s how.

It’s time for NABC to bid a fond farewell to Leticia Bajuyo’s “Brew History: All Bottled Up,” the New Albany Public Art Project Bicentennial Series installation commemorating New Albany’s breweries and taverns.

Leticia’s sculpture has serenely and elegantly occupied a corner of Bank Street Brewhouse’s parking lot since its completion in the late spring of 2010, but it was never intended to be permanent, so on the evening of Friday, October 28th, NABC is hosting a community celebration in the BSB parking lot to mark the occasion of its decommissioning.

It’ll be no ordinary wake, because in the process of honoring Leticia and her creation, we’ll be weaving together elements of art, recycling, alternative energy, localism … and plenty of beer.

Leticia and helpers will spend the day on the 28th gradually disassembling, and officially decommissioning, her “Brew History: All Bottled Up.” The beer bottles inside it will be available to those attendees and passers-by interested in souvenirs, and all the remaining materials will be recycled or incorporated in one of Leticia’s future projects.

("Brew History: All Bottled Up" is featured in the new book, Sculpture and Design With Recycled Glass, by Cindy Ann Coldiron, whose book will be available for purchase on the 28th, courtesy of Destinations Booksellers. Go here for more details.)

Beginning at 6:00 p.m., Bank Street Brewhouse’s usual parking area will be cordoned off for the occasion of the evening celebration, with beer, wine, chili and snacks available outdoors, and the usual menu being presented inside. In case of inclement weather, the party moves beneath the existing patio roof.

As an added incentive, we’ll be unveiling NABC’s IX – Ninth Anniversary Ale, a Smoked Chocolate Port-Barrel Aged Stout brewed last winter by former brewmaster Jared Williamson (available at the Pizzeria & Public House, too). The actual NABC anniversary date is October 25, but we’ll wait a couple of days just for the fun of throwing it into the Friday evening mix.

Music by Toledo Bend is being booked by our good friends at The Dandy Lion boutique and shop, located just a block south of Bank Street Brewhouse. The Dandy Lion will be open later than usual on the 28th, so plan on strolling down and paying them a visit.

But there’s more. From 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the 28th, there’ll be an opening reception for "Powering Creativity: Air, Fuel, Heat," a joint exhibit of Ohio Valley Creative Energy and the Carnegie Center for Art & History. It’s happening right across the street from BSB, and the artists and organizers will be joining us to combine their after-party with Leticia’s decommissioning fete. Go here to learn more.

That’s not all! There’s even more on tap for Friday, October 28, because it’s also the occasion of Jeff Milchen’s visit to New Albany.

“New Albany First is proud to welcome Jeff Milchen, co-founder of the American Independent Business Alliance. Jeff is an international leader in helping communities to build vital local economies and in enhancing economic opportunity through supporting local independent businesses. We're thrilled to have him coming to New Albany.

“The event is set for Friday night, October 28th at 7:00 p.m. for a presentation/discussion on the importance of localism and supporting independent businesses. The event will be held on the beautiful second floor of the River City Winery on Pearl Street.”

I’ve invited NA First, Milchen and all the attendees to make the short walk from River City Winery and join the arts celebration at BSB. Know also that NABC will have beer samples on hand for both the Carnegie Center/OVCE opening (where jazzman Jamey Aebersold will be providing music) and the NA First/Milchen presentation.

Links:

Leticia Bajuyo, “Brew History: All Bottled Up” and New Albany Public Art Project Bicentennial Series: http://www.napublicart.org/bajuyo.php

The Dandy Lion: http://www.facebook.com/thedandylionshop

Ohio Valley Creative Energy: http://ohiovalleycreativenergy.org/

Carnegie Center: http://www.carnegiecenter.org/exhibits.html

New Albany First: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Albany-First/142589112460702

American Independent Business Alliance: http://www.amiba.net/

Destinations Booksellers
http://www.facebook.com/newalbanybooks

"All Bottled Up": What went up, will come down.

Artist Leticia Bajuyo was in attendance Saturday during the Bicentennial Art Walk, taking another opportunity to explain the themes in her "All Bottled Up" installation.

Many people asked what was to become of the piece, and the short answer is this: It is to be dismantled.

While seemingly a fixture over in the corner of Bank Street Brewhouse's lot, "All Bottled Up" always was intended to be temporary. It will remain in place until October 28, 2011, when a party will be held to celebrate the sculpture's life and demise.

This autumnal observance will take the shape of a reverse recycling/decommissioning bash. The major structural components of "All Bottled Up" will be reused for other artistic works, and the bottles will be available for visitors to take away as souvenirs; remaining bottles will be recycled. There will be beer, food and music, and I intend to build a permanent collage of pieces and photos for us to remember the installation.

More Saturday city-wide arts day photos are at New Albanian Brewing Company's Facebook site, and don't forget that we're discussing Saturday's events at the NA Confidential FB site.

At NAC Facebook today: Discussion about Saturday's "city-wide" arts events.

Last week, I launched a Facebook site for NA Confidential. Many, perhaps even most, of readers use FB, and it strikes me as a more user-friendly portal for non-anonymous discussion. Content will be posted at Blogger and linked at FB. Please "like" the FB site when you're there. Here is today's discussion:

With all that time to plan, why couldn't last Saturday's arts-related festivities in NA have been marketed with one clean overall theme? Outsiders told me that it was very confusing to them what was happening and why. What do we learn from this, if anything? Discuss.

Why not Hop-O when it's City-Wide?

It's all about downtown New Albany tomorrow, with seemingly a hundred arts events all happening at once, combining walks, murals, shops and music with eateries and pubs. It's looking like warm and clear weather, ideal for rambling and occcasional watering stops.

Saturday (July 9th), come downtown for the City Wide arts celebrations.

Given that I'll be joining artist Leticia Bajuyo at Bank Street Brewhouse from 5:00 p.m. through 10:00 p.m. for a reprise of our 2010 presentation of her "All Bottled Up" installation for the New Albany Bicentennial Art Project, it seemed appropriate for us to make the day's beer special Hop-O, at $3 per pint until the keg blows.

What better than historic Hop-O to recall the city's creative past?

Jared Williamson, who recently departed NABC for a job at Schlafly in St. Louis, formulated this fourth in NABC’s rotating seasonal series of historical "Revive-Ales" in 2010.

The others are Old Lightning Rod (Colonial Ale with molasses), Kaiser 2nd Reising (pre-Prohibition Pilsner) and Phoenix Kentucky Komon (Louisville-style, sour mash Common). Ironically, one of Jared's last official acts before packing was to brew this year's Phoenix.

Hop-O has a shady past. As required by law, it was a cereal beverage of less than 1% abv, produced by the Southern Indiana Brewing Company during the early years of Prohibition. However, the brewery subsequently was raided, shut down and the owner arrested in 1921 after federal agents determined the alcohol content to be well above 3%, nearer to the 3.5% determined by Jared as appropriate for today.

Fudging the numbers in New Albany?

Say it ain't so, Guido.

Deploying NABC’s California Comon lager yeast, Jared brewed Hop-O to be top-heavy in cereal adjuncts (oats, wheat, rye, corn syrup or maize, and a splash of honey malt), and used whole leaf hops for moderate bitterness and ample aromatics. The result for 2011 is a tasty, balanced "Southern Indiana Common," with the word "common" in these usages always implying an easy drinking, everyday beer of moderate strength.

Chefs Matt and Bernie report that on Saturday, the Bank Street kitchen will honor the spirit of a busy day by offering its new, expanded menu all day long without the customary afternoon break (12:00 Noon until 10:00 p.m.)

Also, cellarman deluxe Josh Hill will have Rosa L. Stumblebus, NABC's beer truck, at Schmitt "75 Years Young" Furniture (starting at 5:00 p.m.) to dispense Beak's and Tafel for the mural and music fete occurring there.

It's going to be a long and fun day, and we hope to see many readers downtown, ruminating happily about how none of this would have been possible just a few years ago.

Friday, June 11 recap: One fine night with the Bicentennial Art walk.

Plenty of folks were strolling downtown New Albany last evening, and I overheard more than a few who'd been to the Amphitheater for music, stopped to look at the Bicentennial Public Art installations, checked in at Thorpe Woodworks or the Gallery on Pearl, and ended with a meal and libation at one of the eateries. We had a good crowd all night at the Brewhouse.

Leticia Bajuyo didn't really need my help describing the context and inspiration for her "Brew History: All Bottled Up" sculpture, but I stuck around and answered a few questions about beer and brewing history in New Albany.

Slow Charleston, an informal aggregation derived from the group Arnett Hollow, played on the patio and were bluegrassy-marvelous, even for me. The weather largely cooperated with breeezes and a slight reduction in humidity. It's looking like a chance of showers today for the Celts on the River show, but rain or shine, NABC will be serving beers and River City Winery wines at the Amphitheater.

No sleep this weekend.

Busy, busy.

The NABC World Cup Series of small batch/USA match ales starts Saturday, June 12, with the debut of "USA vs England – Ordinary Bitter" at Bank Street Brewhouse, and our Haggis Laddie Celtic Red will be tapped for the "Celts on the River" concert on the same day.

Also this weekend: It's the rain date for the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project kick-off walk (Friday) and the Glass Art Society Annual Conference in Louisville (June 10-12), portions of which spill across the River into New Albany.

More when there's time ...

Photos, too: The New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project kickoff and art walk is Friday, May 21.

The Bicentennial Art Project pieces are in place, and on Friday evening there'll be artists and historians (along with at least one brewer, pinch-hitting for me) at each of the five sites.

The Tribune produced a fine pullout section that went out in today's newspaper, and ran this news story on Friday:

Walk this way New Albany: Art walk to kickoff New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project, by Daniel Suddeath (Tribune)

Floyd County residents and tourists may have a year to enjoy the five premier installations of the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project, but Friday could be their only chance to hear the artists describe their work. The project — which will bring five art pieces to New Albany’s downtown each year until the city’s bicentennial in 2013 — will begin with an art walk from 6 to 9 p.m.

We're told that councilman Steve Price remains opposed to the art project, voting "no" because the monies should have been used as subsidies for rate payers. Meanwhile, today the Tribune editorializes "yes," in favor of art as run-up to the city's birthday in 2013.

TRIBUNE EDITORIAL: Walk provides look into our history

The walk will feature five pieces of art placed around the downtown area, pieces that you may have already noticed. The locations include the New Albanian Bank Street Brewhouse, St. Marks United Church of Christ Garden, River City Winery, Floyd County YMCA and 129 W. Main St. Each work will interpret a different theme from New Albany’s history.

Photos and descriptions below come to us courtesy of the Carnegie Center's press release.

At the New Albany YMCA located at 33 State Street, artist Valerie Sullivan Fuchs will speak about her piece Flood, a large-scale video projection of the Ohio River water that slowly floods the wall of the YMCA building, and she will be joined by Louisville historian Rick Bell, author of the book The Great Flood of 1937: Rising Waters, Soaring Spirits.

Artist J. Daniel Graham will discuss his piece Like String and Cans Through Walls, a blend of cement, metal, and historic images that will age over time, at the St. Marks United Church of Christ Garden at 202 East Spring Street, where he will be joined by Olivia Heinz as she informs participants about early settlement in New Albany.

At 129 West Main Street, across from the site of the former Israel Boarding House building (the Israels were ardent supporters of the Underground Railroad in New Albany), artist Brad White will discuss his work Scars into Stars, a large, steel sculpture that represents White’s interpretation of the theme through literal railroad imagery and abstract forms. New Albany historian Pam Peters, author of the book The Underground Railroad in Floyd County, Indiana, will speak alongside White on the topic of the Underground Railroad in the Indiana and Kentucky borderland.

At the River City Winery located at 319-321 Pearl Street, artist John King will discuss his piece combining auto glass and images of historic individuals and events, Roots Grow Deep, as New Albany historian David Barksdale speaks to participants about the notable history of the glass industry in New Albany.

At the New Albanian Bank Street Brewhouse located at 415 West Bank Street, artist Leticia Bajuyo will discuss her piece Brew History: All Bottled Up, influenced by the classic Lite-Brite toy and made primarily of locally-collected, used beer bottles, and David Pierce, Director of Brewing Operations for the New Albanian Brewing Company, and New Albany historian Ted Fulmore will discuss the history of breweries and taverns in New Albany.

Photos provided by the project organizers; all except the first (artist Valerie Sullivan Fuchs’ rendering) were taken by the Tribune's Kevin McGloshen.

Leticia makes house calls.

She was in town today to replace a few bulbs and tend to her art.

April showers notwithstanding, the Bicentennial Art Project installation at Bank Street Brewhouse is almost finished.

Leticia Bajoyo and her hard working volunteers are battling the elements as they near the finish line for completion of her Bicentennial Art Project installation at Bank Street Brewhouse.

The bottles in front compose the "lightbright" effect, while those on the sides stand upright and document the history of brewing in New Albany.

Upright bottles have been affixed with "retro" labels bearing the names and photos of past breweries.

We think the installation will be complete on Saturday night, although incoming storms add an element of the elements. More later.

Photos of the Bicentennial Art installation at Bank Street Brewhouse.

As noted earlier, Leticia Bajuyo and her cast and crew of volunteers have commenced the installation of her Bicentennial Art sculpture at the Bank Street Brewhouse. Here was the scene on Wednesday morning, following Sunday's and Monday's work pouring the concrete base.

This morning, the wooden forms were knocked out. Frames for holding the beer bottles will rest atop the base.

Regular customer and card-carrying progressive Hank Sutton (to the right, below) stopped by to help, and we'll be watering him (so to speak) in reward for his volunteerism. Obscured by the tail of the tape, Leticia can be seen giggling.

While all this was unfolding, the truck from Cavalier Distributing arrived to pick up a load of NABC kegs bound for Indianapolis. The driver had to wait in line, as River City Distributing (Louisville) already was at the back door taking on cargo. I wish it was this way each day.

I'm headed back that way, and later this evening, I'll post more photos of Leticia's evolving project.

Leticia Bajuyo's installation of her Bicentennial Art project piece at Bank Street Brewhouse starts today.

The past two days have not been the best time to try accomplishing anything, and so this slipped through the cracks, and now I'm scrambling. If anyone locates a peaceful moment, I'm in the market for one.

In short: Leticia Bajuyo's installation of her Bicentennial Art project piece at Bank Street Brewhouse gets under way today. Julie Schweitzer offers this revised installation schedule. Note that Leticia actively seeks volunteers to help her with this project.

I just heard from Leticia and below is her revised installation schedule. She is looking for volunteers to help with the project.

Sunday afternoon (18th) ... bring concrete form, set, and mix. Work till done with pouring pad.

Monday (19th) 2 p.m. - dark ... bring steel, plexi, and glass bottle cutter. Goal is to bolt steel frame together. If there are volunteers, they can peel paper off plexi and learn to cut bottles.

Wednesday (21st) 10 a.m - dark ... bring shelves and shelf backing. Goals include attach steel frame to concrete pad. If there are volunteers, they can poly shelves, finish bottle cutting, and place shelves.

Friday (23rd) 10 a.m. - dark ... bring front panels and labels. Goals include inserting front panels. If there are volunteers, they can label bottles and fill shelves.

Saturday (24th) ALL DAY ... bring roof and lights. Goal: Finish, of course. Specifically, put bottles in the front panels, add roof, install lights.

Previously, all this was explained:

The New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project: Outdoor sculpture interpreting the city's history and heritage.

More on the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project.

Bunches of bottles against the wall.

Yesterday's WHAS-11 news segment on the NA Bicentennial Art preview at Bank Street Brewhouse.

More visiting artists to come at the Purdue College of Technology.

Submitted by Julie Schweitzer, Director of the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project.

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.

Leticia Bajuyo - April 15
Valerie Fuchs - April 29
John King - May 13

They're from 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.

For more information go to our website.

R.I.P., Don Parsons.

It was only a week ago that I learned of Don Parsons' impending death. He had battled cancer to standstill the first time around, but regrettably, as so often is the case, it roared back at Don with a vengeance, and nothing could be done. Now it has claimed him. He was 56, and even a month ago, he looked at least ten years younger than that.

Don frequented the Public House on Saturday afternoons, especially when the weather was good and he could ride his motorcycle. We talked beer numerous times, and as a homebrewer, Don truly "got it." He was a regular at BBC in St. Matthews, and was referred to there as Dart Don.

Last week, aware that the end was near, he donated his beer bottle collection for use in Leticia Bajuyo's New Albany Bicentennial Public Art project sculpture, which will appear outside the Bank Street Brewhouse in late April.

By virtue of the collection's many shapes and sizes, not all of them can be used. However, my promise to Don is this: A part of you will be present, and as many of your bottles as possible will be in the Bicentennial sculpture, if I have to scrub the damn things myself.

Don was a friend, and a friend to beer. I'll miss him very much, and he'll not be forgotten as long as there's a New Albanian Brewing Company.

I hope he thought to pack some Weyerbacher ...

Yesterday's WHAS-11 news segment on the NA Bicentennial Art preview at Bank Street Brewhouse.

Here's the link to the WHAS-11 story.

Bunches of bottles against the wall.

Leticia Bajuyo visited Bank Street Brewhouse today to provide a preview of her sculpture for the Bicentennial Art Project, and plenty of empty 12-ounce beer bottles were donated by our customers. Very shortly, the bottles will become the sculpture, and Leticia explained how and why in the context of her work to date.

Matt and Jim Patus topped the bottle donation chart, followed by Don Parsons. A number of others joined the fun and brought bottles. The gorgeous spring day contributed to the festive ambience as art, not sewers, was (for once) the topic of the moment in New Albany.

Permit me to thank Leticia, Julie Schweitzer, Karen Gillenwater, my workers Aleen and Shelly, and all the other people in attendance on a day that provided a measure of restorative cultural encouragement.

NA Bicentennial Art Project collaborating with Purdue College of Technology to stage visiting artist program.

(Submitted)

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February 25, 2009 ----- The New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project announces 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.

April 29th, 2010 from 12:00 to 1:00pm:
Valerie Sullivan Fuchs - She will speak about the process involved in the filming and design of her project, which will be projected on the wall of the YMCA building in downtown New Albany.

May 13th, 2010 from 12:00 to 1:00pm:
John King - His sculpture is inspired by the historic Glass industry in New Albany, and will be installed on the exterior wall of the River City Winery on Pearl Street.

For more information about this exciting public art project, or artists' speaking opportunities, please contact New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project Director Julie Schweitzer or visit the web site.

For details about these speakers at Purdue University of Technology at New Albany, contact Professor Richard Kopp.

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, or call 812-944-4986.

More on the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project.

Following is a note from Julie Schweitzer, director of the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project. I'm sorry I wasn't able to make the breakfast, but NABC's Bank Street Brewhouse remains on board with our end of the project's first round this year, described as:

"An interactive sculpture that represents the history or bars and taverns in New Albany."

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Dear Supporters,

The New Albany Public Art Project Breakfast was a fabulous success! There was also another excellent article about the project in the Tribune on Sunday morning, please take a look.

Multi-phase art project builds awareness to city’s history; 20 sculptures to be completed by 2013, by Farrah Johnson

We would like to thank our hosts and project partners Sally Newkirk and Karen Gillenwater at the Carnegie Center for Art and History, and Mike Ladd, Director of New Albany Urban Enterprise Association.

We would also like to thank our benefactor Jerry Finn of the Horseshoe Foundation of Southern Indiana, and sponsors Steve Kozarovich, Publisher and Executive Editor, for their continued support of the project. Steve has committed to printing and distributing a color project catalogue for all four years of the project. Special thanks to Professor Richard Kopp at Purdue University College of Technology in New Albany , along with faculty and students for creating our exhibit signage and developing a collaborative project with our artists. This enthusiasm is what makes all the difference in the success of this project. I am sure that good things will continue to materialize from the relationships formed and nurtured by your participation.

Below are the themes for the 2010/11 Public Art Project. Please let us know if you would like to sponsor a work of art or be more involved in the project. You can view our donor levels and associated benefits on our website.

2010 – 2011 Industry and Agriculture

• Automotive – Manufacture and Sales

• Newspaper – Publishing and Printing

• Metal – Foundries, Blacksmiths and Decorative arts

• Tanneries and Textiles

• Farming, Markets, and Grain Mills -

• Boxes, Baskets, and Clay - sponsor Noelle and Mike Gohmann

• Banking -

I would be happy to discuss opportunities for you to become a part of the project, and welcome your ideas as well. This project promises to gain national attention and will highlight New Albany as a cutting edge cultural attraction for visitors to our community. We appreciate your continued support of this project.

Turning the past into a future.

As much needed conversations about the role of preservation efforts begin, the C-J's Diane Heilenman highlights how New Albany's historic surroundings can be used in pursuit of a more viable, creative future. The New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project pays homage to our past but refuses to dwell in it, instead choosing to celebrate contemporary art and culture as a vital part of the city's public life, the same as it was centuries earlier.

What happened so many yesterdays ago is interesting and informative. How that knowledge will be interpreted and recast as a part of tomorrow is the reason we work and invest. It's instructive then that Heilenman, as perhaps the area's best known art and culture commentator, was drawn to the most modern of the various media thus far proposed for the project as the lead in telling the story.

Ebb and flow, indeed.

HEILENMAN: The Rising: Art project tells the story of New Albany

Sometime in late April, the Ohio River will flood the front wall of the new YMCA building at 33 State St. in New Albany, Ind. It will continuously rise (and ebb) for at least a year — but leave your snorkel and fins at home.

The “Flood” will be a large-scale video production on the building's facade created by noted new-media artist Valerie Sullivan Fuchs of Shelby County, Ky.

She is one of the first five artists selected for the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project, which will eventually place 20 works around downtown that will tell the story of the city's history, in time for its 2013 bicentennial celebrations.

* image courtesy of the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project and Valerie Sullivan Fuchs

The New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project: Outdoor sculpture interpreting the city's history and heritage.

The overall theme of the art project is "The River" (Bruce Springsteen, anyone?), and sub-themes include early settlement, glass/industry, steamboats/ferries/bridges, underground railroad, floods, markets downtown, and taverns/breweries.

Schweitzer brings art for the city’s sake, by Dale Moss (Courier-Journal).

(Julie) Schweitzer directs the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art project, an effort to spread story-telling sculpture through downtown. Proposals are being accepted for five pieces to be put up before the end of April.

However, the columnist Moss fails to note that one proposal already has been rejected: