Tag Archives: Public Art

Public Art Fund & Tatzu Nishi’s ‘Discovering Columbus’

Posted on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

Tatzu Nishi’s installation Discovering Columbus provides viewers with the opportunity to uncover and explore the famous monument of Christopher Columbus on a personal level. Nishi’s role is that of both artist and cultural guide, as he presents this statue within the comforts of an upscale apartment living room, styled in a hyper-American fashion, with the

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Performance: Sunspotting a Walking Forest

Posted on Thursday, June 7th, 2012

The sun came out this past Sunday to activate the artifacts of Jenny Marketou’s “Sunspotting a Walking Forest.” This was crucial because every prop element created for this performance on the High Line was comprised of brilliant colors, reflective material or photosensitive paint. The photochromic ink utilized in the construction of the banners literally exposed

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Sunspotting a Walking Forest!

Posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Workshops: Flags & T-shirts Students from Clinton Middle School and seniors from the Fulton House in Chelsea started news workshop with artist Jenny Marketou in Collaboration with Otto Von Busch. The kids and the seniors started by thinking about a flag which represents themselves and then created these flags by cutting out different colors of

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An Evening of Protest and Social Engagement with Pablo Helguera

Posted on Thursday, December 1st, 2011

This past Tuesday night we held an event in the famed Orozco Room at the New School to share our recent project, produced in collaboration with Pablo Helguera: “El Club de Protesta (The Protest Club)” and introduce Pablo’s new book “Education for Socially Engaged Art“. The evening started off with an introduction to José Clemente

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