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Tri-City Area area Grand Street Community Arts BoardedUP Series
Art Exhibit
venue: Grand Street Community Arts Center
68 Grand Street
68 Grand Street
Albany NY 12202
sponsored by: Grand Street Community Arts
start date: Mar 1 2010
end date: Aug 31 2010
Interested in making a difference in the community through art? Paint a board for our BoardedUP Series! BoardedUP is a 6-month long, outdoor, public art exhibition on the side of the formerly abandoned St. Anthony's church, which is now our community arts center. Utilizing 9 boarded up windows on the side of the arts center, we invite artists to paint a pre-cut plywood board that will be installed in a window and showcased for one month. At the end of the six month series, we will have 54 boards that will be sold at auction. The proceeds will go towards our youth programs and renovations of our community arts center. The primary inspiration for the BoardedUP Series is a work of street art that was not selected or approved by Grand Street Community Arts (GSCA). Area artists installed a beautiful stencil of a child jumping rope, on the fifth of nine boarded-up windows on abandoned St. Anthony’s church. This works pre-dates GSCA’s ownership of the building. BoardedUP is now an opportunity for us to recognize the role of artists and the creativity of expression. BoardedUP is something of a tribute to favorite local artists and arts organizers that have expanded conventional ideas of who makes art and who views art, explored the distinction between public and private space, and have challenged the boundaries between sanctioned and unsanctioned displays of art. At Grand Street Community Arts (GSCA) we seek to promote the arts as an accessible tool of self-expression and as a valuable community resource. The BoardedUP exhibition was designed to further our mission. The works of BoardedUP are diverse, challenging, beautiful, and inspiring. These works were designed to be viewed at street-level and to be accessible and engaging to passers-by on busy downtown Madison Avenue. If you are interested in participating by painting a board, please give us a call or e-mail latoya@grandarts.org.
Other Event Information
annual event: yes
where held: outdoors
confirmed event: yes
directions: Take 787 Exit 3B and follow Madison Avenue up to Grand Street, turn left on Grand Street.
dealer set up / entry fee: free
call deadline: Aug 1 2010
Contact Information
boardedup[at]grandarts.org
phone: (518) 463-2222
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