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ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIPBETWEEN ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC
-- EXHIBITION BROCHURE |
AMP is a year-long project whereby seven artists make seven temporary , community and performance-based artworks for public spaces in Nashville.
AMP projects address the artist’s role in society and how artists help to create a sense of place and identity within a society. Each project begins with a lecture/workshop with public school students, continues with participation from Vanderbilt University and the larger Nashville community, and results in a temporary artwork presented in public spaces throughout Nashville. The year-long project culminates in fall, 2009 with a catalogue and an art exhibition at the downtown public library.
Schedule of upcoming AMP talks at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
April 17, 2009 -- Lindsay Obermeyer May 22, 2009 -- Mike Calway-Fagen Aug. 14, 2009 -- Mel Zeigler Sept. 17, 2009 -- Adrienne Outlaw
Talks are free and open to the public. Seating is limited. |
AMP artists include the socially engaged Let’s Re-make Collaborative, sculptor Mike Calway-Fagen, muralist Michael Cooper, fiber artist Lindsay Obermeyer, interdisciplinary artist Bonnie Fortune, public artist Mel Zeigler and sculptor and installation artist Adrienne Outlaw.
GIFT OF SUPPORT
ARTIST LINK
November, 2008, the Let’s Re-Make collaborative
Brett Bloom and Bonnie Fortune hung hundreds of “I WILL HELP” posters in
Nashville and beyond. Let’s Re-Make Began their project by meeting with
freshman at Vanderbilt University, men and women at the Campus for Human
Development and students at Oasis Center to discuss ideas of shelter.
GIFT OF COLLABORATION
ARTIST LINK
February, 2009, Michael Cooper used sidewalk
chalk to make a temporary, graffiti-inspired mural on the side of the Rock
City Machine Building, downtown Nashville. Cooper began his project by
talking with Overton High Schools students about graffiti art and mural
making. Vanderbilt students and other volunteers helped him make the piece.
GIFT OF CONNECTION
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April, 2009, Lindsay Obermeyer will create
a performance-based work in which participants connect with each other
while wearing custom-made costumes. Students will collect garments, sketch
ideas and learn basic sewing skills necessary to transform their ideas
into costumes. A blog will accompany the project. Performances will take
place in public locations May-December. E-mail curator@n-cap.org for locations.
GIFT OF COMMUNITY
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May, 2009, Mike Calway-Fagen will create
a series of portable sculptures that encourage interaction. As part of
his project, he will talk with students and others about ways different
cultures create community. Calway-Fagen’s piece requires hundreds of participants.
To volunteer, e-mail curator@n-cap.org
GIFT OF HEALING
ARTIST LINK
June,
2009, Bonnie Fortune will present a video that documents the recovery stories
of individuals living with aphasia, an acquired communication disorder
that impairs a person's ability to process language but not intelligence.
Fortune will also work with students about creatively documenting such
ideas. Fortune’s “Milemarker” may be seen in various locations throughout
Nashville. E-mail curator@n-cap.org for venues.
GIFT OF IDENTITY
ARTIST LINK
August, 2009, Mel Zeigler will present a sound work about falsified
identities and the altered urban landscape. He will work with writers,
actors and students to record real and untrue stories. People will be able
to listen to these stories on their car radios as they drive by select
locations throughout the city. E-mail curator@n-cap.org for information.
GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING
ARTIST LINK
September, 2009, Adrienne Outlaw will
present a performance-based work about bioethical issues in which participants
connect through a set of hand held viewfinders featuring images, text and
symbolic cut outs. Outlaw is also organizing public conversations about
bioethics. Discussions and performances will occur throughout the year
in select locations. E-mail curator@n-cap.org for information.
AMP is organized by the Nashville Cultural Arts Project and has as its collaborative partners Metro Nashville Public Schools, Frist Center for the Visual Arts and Vanderbilt University. AMP funding and assistance comes from Metro Nashville Arts Commission, Vanderbilt University, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. For more information, see http://www.n-cap.org/amp.html.
Should you/your organization be interested in sponsoring all or part of
the show, or in contributing a tax-deductible donation in any amount, please
contact curator@n-cap.org.