Public Art Project sustainability talk & walk on Elector Day, November 4.

Tuesday, November 4 has a lot going for it.

For one, there'll be $2.00 pints and $6.66 growler refills of Elector at both NABC locations. That's because it's also the day for an election, a word owing most of its rapidly diminishing local significance to $2.00 pints and $6.66 growler refills of Elector at both NABC locations.

And then there's the Carnegie Center's second “talk & walk” about sustainability with Claude Stephens of the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.

But it gets EVEN BETTER. Both before and after the walk, you can enjoy $2.00 pints and $6.66 growler refills of Elector at Bank Street Brewhouse, providentially located RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from the Carnegie Center.

The overview is below; go here for more.

We are happy to be working with Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest (www.bernheim.org) to present the Public Art Project theme of sustainability in 2015 and a series of related programs, including this one.

On Tuesday November 4, from 6:00-7:30 pm, beginning at the Carnegie Center, the public is invited to our second “talk & walk” about sustainability with Claude Stephens of Bernheim. Claude will lead an informal chat about sustainability and regenerative design with a focus on ecology. We will then take our conversation into downtown New Albany by dividing into groups to visit the sites for the 2015 public artworks near the Carnegie Center. Each group will consider their site from a sustainability perspective and then we will gather back at the Carnegie Center to share our observations. Come help us envision a future where we live in better agreement with nature as we explore a shift from sustainable to regenerative thinking. Claude Stephens is the Facilitator of Outreach and Regenerative Design at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. As an ecologist and educator Claude is excited about a future where ecology and economy work in partnership.

Art Walk tonight!

I cribbed this from the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project's page at Facebook.

There's also this:

Art Walk "During and After" Party is at Bank Street Brewhouse this Saturday, June 22.

(NABC's event on the 22nd is not affiliated with the Carnegie Center or the sponsors of the Bicentennial Public Art Project)

It is unsure when we'll truly complete Lloyd's Landing, Bank Street Brewhouse's outdoor beer garden named in memory of the late Lloyd "Highwayman" Wimp, but we're using it to have as much fun as possible as we chip away at the build-out.

On Saturday, June 22, the New Albany Bicentennial Public Art Project stages its annual Public Art Walk through downtown. Beginning in mid-afternoon, we'll be partying along with the walkers. There'll be NABC beer, including a keg of the much acclaimed Tricentennial Ale; music by Ben Traughber, Taylor Lee and Tunder Wrane; and outdoor grilling by Chef Matt Weirich's kitchen ... complete with requisite temporary food permit by Floyd County's ever diligent Health Department.

For this occasion, we'll be pouring wines from the Old 502 Winery in Louisville, which is owned by the same family as JR's Pub in New Albany. Quills will be on hand to prepare cold coffee drinks and pour overs.

If it rains, the Art Walk will be rescheduled for June 29. We'll still have beer and music, so ...

New Albany Public Art Walk - Saturday, June 22, 6 - 9 p.m.

Join us for the official celebration for the 2013 New Albany Public Art Project: Bicentennial Series, with a Public Art Walk featuring the project artists, on Saturday June 22, 2013 from 6:00-9:00 pm (rain date June 29). The entire event is free and open to all ages!

New Albany Public Art Project (Bicentennial Series) artworks and histories for 2013.

2013 Artworks and Histories are up at the web site.

The New Albany Public Art Project: Bicentennial Series is a 4-year program featuring a rotating schedule of outdoor artworks that will be installed each year in the downtown area, beginning in 2010 and leading up to this year’s commemoration of New Albany's bicentennial. The 2013 art installations will be installed in April and May. The community is invited to explore the artworks and talk with the artists during the New Albany Public Art Walk on June 22, 6-9 pm (rain date June 29).

The art walk was a great success.

Who needs the Louisville Crashers when you have Ten Penny Nail?

Art Walk organizers report a more than five hundred registered art walkers as well as numerous others who didn't sign in.

The crowd at the beer garden on Bank Street was steady all night long. It cooled off considerably for the last two hours, and the music was stellar.

Hats off to Mickey Thompson for the set-up and tear-down, and big thanks to the Dandy Lion crew, the musicians and DJs, Bank Street Brewhouse staff, and of course, the heavy hitters at the Carnegie: Karen Gillenwater and Laura Wilkins. The artists deserve props, too.

Events like the Art Walk require literally hundreds of hours of cumulative background work to produce an atmosphere lasting only one night. But memories of the overall effect are priceless. It hasn't been long since the only time folks came downtown was during Harvest Homecoming. Now, smaller crowds congregate during orchestrated evenings (rest assured, the St. Mary's picnic attendees had a wonderful show with the Crashers even as we "occupied" Bank Street), and also most weekends, even when nothing special is happening.

It's getting there. If you took part in the Art Walk, consider filling out the survey linked below.


Did you attend the Art Walk yesterday, Saturday June 23? Please help us make the Art Walk even better next year by taking this brief online survey!

Spend 5 minutes telling us what you think and you might win a Public Art Project t-shirt. The deadline to complete the survey is July 14, 2012.

Click HERE to take the survey.

THANK YOU, from all of us, to everyone who attended the Art Walk yesterday, and for your continued support of and interest in the Carnegie Center and the New Albany Public Art Project.

Karen Gillenwater, Curator
Laura Wilkins, Director of Marketing & Outreach

The Public Art Walk is this Saturday (June 23), with accompanying NABC beer garden and live music.

The New Albany Public Art Walk takes place this Saturday, June 23, and for the first time, there’ll be a beer garden right in the middle of Bank Street, with NABC beer and live music from 7:00 pm until midnight. It’s the same footprint as that being used for Live @ Five. Art walkers of all ages can begin and/or end their stroll there.

The Art Walk showcases annual temporary art installations intended to symbolize selected aspects of New Albany’s civic experience in the run-up to our bicentennial next year. In 2012, three previous works of public art and three new ones are on the walking route.

At 4:00 p.m. on the 23rd, Bank Street will be closed between NABC Bank Street Brewhouse and the Carnegie Center for Art and History. Parking areas on BSB’s side of the street can be reached by the two-way alley between Bank and Pearl. Lots on the Carnegie side can be accessed by the alley from Elm Street or a cut-through by the Schad Law office from 3rd Street.

There'll be some tables and chairs, but please feel free to bring camp chairs for use in the beer garden.

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.: Midnight Hour Sound System
9:00 - 10:30: Ten Penny Nail
10:30 - 11:30: Midnight Hour Sound System

Last call is 11:15 p.m.

Maybe we can find some Black & Blue Grass to pour. I have contacts.

2012 New Albany Public Art Walk is Saturday, June 23.

(submitted and fully endorsed)

Don't miss the 2012 New Albany Public Art Walk, Saturday June 23, 6:00-9:00 pm (rain date June 30)! 
Featuring live music on Bank Street and NABC Beer Garden from 7:00 pm-Midnight

After starting at the Carnegie Center, visitors can drop in at the six artworks on the Art Walk between 6:00-9:00 pm to speak with the artists and learn more about the project themes. A walking tour booklet for the 2012 Public Art Project, which includes a map of the 2011 and 2012 installations, and information about the 2012 artists and historical themes, will be available at the sites. During the Art Walk, participants can make their own three-color screenprinted poster designed by Ron Jasin of Madpixel Art and Design and facilitated by local artists and volunteers. The New Albany Public Art Project Facebook page (www.facebook.com/napublicart) will reveal several sneak peeks of the poster design in the days leading up to the Art Walk on June 23.  Visitors can also explore the art with SCVNGR and Take it Artside! mobile apps.

From 7:00 pm to midnight, Art Walk participants can enjoy live music featuring Ten Penny Nail and Midnight Hour Sound System, and a New Albanian Brewing Company beer garden, on Bank Street between Spring and Elm Streets.

Six public artworks will be featured on the June 23 Art Walk, including the following three new works for 2012 (clockwise from lower left):

    

1.    To celebrate the history of Parks & Recreation, Louisville artist/architect Nathan Smith has created a MicroPark on one of New Albany’s sidewalks. This wooden structure takes its form from the Ohio River and provides a gathering space for the community with seating and edible plants that the community is invited to share.
2.    The theme of Neighborhoods & Architecture is honored by Jacob Stanley of Greencastle, Indiana. His artwork Sweat Equity begins with a grid on the ground, representing city streets and neighborhoods, that then turns upward to become posts that support a sculpture of a house.
3.    New Albany artist R. Michael Wimmer created a metal sculpture, Growth of Education, that tells the story of New Albany’s rich history of Education. Wimmer states, “This sculpture grows out of the earth as a surreal plant form, which flowers into objects that symbolize education in our city."

In addition to the artists, Art Walk sites will host historians, demonstrators and community leaders who will speak with participants about the historic themes interpreted by the artists.  The Art Walk will include the following artworks installed in 2011:

Resartus, by Dominic Guarnaschelli, Theme: Textiles, Wholesale to Retail
Nature’s Calligraphy, by Janis Martin, Ruth Andrews and Michael Slaksi, Theme: Farmer’s Markets
Time Ghost tower-casts #1 and #2, by Scott Scarboro, Theme: Newspapers & Broadcasting

The project partners, the Carnegie Center for Art & History, Inc. and the New Albany Urban Enterprise Association, have committed their own funds to the project.  Additionally, individuals and organizations that have sponsored the project include: Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County, The Indiana Arts Commission, the General Mills Foundation, Your Community Bank, the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana, The News and Tribune, and Michael and Noelle Gohmann.  Anyone wishing to make a contribution to the Public Art Project can do so online via Power2Give at www.power2give.org/go/p/744.

We hope to see you on June 23!

Laura Wilkins, Director of Marketing & Outreach

  

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Calendar check: New Albany Public Art Walk is Sat., June 23.

Stay tuned for more. 

New Albany Public Art Walk

Join us for the official celebration for the 2012 New Albany Public Art Project: Bicentennial Series, with a Public Art Walk featuring the Project artists, on Saturday June 23, 2012 from 6:00-9:00 pm (rain date June 30). After starting at the Carnegie Center, visitors can drop in at the six artworks between 6:00-9:00 pm to speak with the artists and learn more about the project themes. The 2012 themes are: Parks & Recreation, Neighborhoods & Architecture, and Education. A walking tour booklet for the 2012 Public Art Project, which includes a map of the 2011 and 2012 installations, and information about the 2012 artists and historical themes, will be available at the Carnegie Center and at the sites.

During the Art Walk, participants can make their own three-color screenprinted poster designed by Ron Jasin of Madpixel Art and Design and facilitated by local artists and volunteers. Live music will begin on Bank Street at 7:00 pm, featuring Ten Penny Nail, and the Midnight Hour Sound System. For more information visit www.napublicart.org and www.facebook.com/napublicart, or call 812-944-7336.

"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.

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.