I have been lucky enough to be a part of December’s First Friday event at the P.U.P. Studio. For those of you that came out on November’s First Friday event, I want to say thanks once again. It was a great experience and only you guys showing up makes it worth it all. Maryanne and Michael are doing great things to make Indianapolis a better place so come out and show them some love! They have t-shirts, Dome Flakes, Dome Bags, and other goodies for sale so help support one of Indy’s great non-profits by purchasing something. Also, tell your friends! Word of mouth makes a bigger impact than you think. You can learn more about People for Urban Progress HERE!
A WIP (work in progress) shot of 2 of the 3 new pieces
I will be creating three new works for December’s FF event. They were inspired from a small paragraph I read on P.U.P.’s website actually. I was reading up on what they were doing about the transit initiatives and was kind of blown away by a statistic. From there I did some more research on some other sites. You should check out the site to see what I mean. It involves the past successes of Indiana’s mass transit rail system and the state’s current lack of sufficient public mass transit system. Indianapolis is a great city and it could be taken advantage of and appreciated more if the city was more easily accessible, not just by car. I know we have IndyGo and Amtrak but those are very limited as far as routes especially to and from the suburbs. We can do better than that.
After digesting this information and pondering about it, I got to creating. The works will not be a story board or a time line of Indiana’s rail system history. It is definitely a more abstract approach to the idea and the work. And with subtle representational images, I hope to bring the viewer in and possibly start an internal dialogue about transit solutions in Indianapolis. I don’t want the works to be exclusive but I also don’t want them to seem like a Jr. High poster board assignment either. I think I will stick to my witty titles to help bridge that gap and get the conversation started.
A WIP (work in progress) shot of 2 of the 3 new pieces
One of the works is on a reused canvas mounted in an old frame. The other two are on wood which will be mounted in older found frames as well.
You can see these three new works on Friday Dec. 4 at the P.U.P. Studio (Studio 213) which is located in the Murphy Building, Fountain Square. The studio will have it’s door open from 7-10pm. I hope to see you out there and we can talk more about trains because trains are awesome.
Tags: collage, First Friday, Fountain Square, Mass Transit, Murphy Building, P.U.P.
