Community supported art program started in Minnesota

Jul 5, 2012 | news

The city of Mobile, AL, seen from across the bay.

Springboard for the Arts, a community development organization for artists, recently began a program in Minnesota that’ll help jumpstart the creation of local art.

50 community members buy “shares” in the work of nine local artists, and over the course of the summer, they’ll each receive nine original works created by them.

Cool way to make sure art keeps getting created– local art can be some of the best there is. Here’s a piece from my hometown, Fairhope, Alabama (full post coming soon:)

Check out the full story plus quotes from Springboard’s executive director on The Atlantic.

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Out of the ordinary: July 2

Jul 2, 2012 | inspiration

Doing something no one’s ever done before is pretty difficult now that we’ve been keeping track of that kind of thing for so long. But here are some of my favorite unusual sculptural exhibits: 


Jason de Caires Taylor’s Underwater Sculpture:
The Last Supper
Depth: 4m
Cancun, Mexico

The Phoenix
Depth: 4m
Cancun, Mexico

Ron Mueck’s In Bed: 
(photos found here)
Ron Mueck (Australian, b. 1958). In Bed, 2005. Mixed media, 63 3/4 x 255 7/8 x 155 1/2 in. (161.9 x 649.9 x 395 cm)

Willy Verginer’s Imbalances:

Thoughts rusty in the fingers, 2007
Lime acrylic
Spring slippers, 2007

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