Update for Capital Health Art Search

detail of installation by artist John Bishop at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

The design team coordinating art submissions for the Capital Health campus being developed in Hopewell (see earlier blog) has sent an update regarding special application procedures for people interested in being considered for murals and large-scale site-specific artwork:

“Four distinctive areas in the new Capital Health building have been set aside for major two-dimensional site specific works of art. Each will be a unique component of a dynamic history exhibition tracking the 112-year history of Mercer Hospital and Capital Health. (They seek) artists to conceive and execute large scale fine artworks for this unique history installation. Art may be of any medium, but must be close to two-dimensional in execution. For a detailed project description and information for submissions click here.

This project deadline is August 15, 2009
To submit or for more information contact Stacy Kent at
kentdesign1@mac.com or 215-646-9471

A Room of His Own

image by Ricardo Barros

Leon Rainbow, Trenton's own graffiti artist & entrepreneur, has come a long way since creating his early "back alley" spray mural on the back wall of Cafe Ole (So. Broad Street, Trenton, NJ), with the blessing of then-owner, Jamie Griswold. Today, he's still pursuing his dream: running arts fests; working with Albus Cavus, the artist group; volunteering with Trenton afterschool programs; and still doing his own work. At the Made in Trenton exhibition at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum (see earlier post), Leon's been given a room of his own and has created a 360 spray painted experience. Photographers Ricardo Barros and Andrew Wilkinson have both been documenting the process, but it's really someplace you need to see for yourself.

FIGMENT Festival this weekend!!!

Thanks to both Ellen Hackl Fagan (whose incredible Reverse Color Organ installation in The Listening Eye exhibit wowed visitors here at The Gallery back in 2005) and Cindy Stockton Moore (Dangerous Women Two [DW2] participant and an amazing artist and instructor) who each have work in this weekend’s FIGMENT Festival. Their invitations reminded me that the 3rd annual version of this AMAZING event takes place this weekend, June 12-14th. Some of the installations will remain on view as 'City of Dreams', an interactive sculpture garden and the artstop Mini-Golf course through October 11, 2009.

The music/art/performance/installation/anything goes happening takes place across New York City’s historic Governor’s Island. The ferry to the island is free -- as are all of the events - which feature 400+ artists and include everything from performance art to mini-golf.

Ellen's holding forth at location AW05 with her process art workshop, The Alphabet Game. Cindy and fellow DW2 artist Abby Goodman’s found-object sculpture Salvage will be on display in the City of Dreams sculpture garden through October. Cindy plans on being there on Friday. Cindy and Abby documented much of their process in creating Salvage, and you can check it out on Cindy’s site www.cindystocktonmoore.com/figment.html

For more information about FIGMENT - including a map of the events and installations – go to http://figmentnyc.org/2009/

For directions to the Manhattan or Brooklyn ferries going to Governor’s Island (and a schedule) go to: http://www.govisland.com/Visit_the_Island/directions.asp

Note: sketch of Slavage by Abby Goodman/Cindy Stockton Moore