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Vistaflow opens Sunday, July 10th, 4-7pm

Published at June 25, 2011December 4, 2018 In Category News Tags: baltimore, community garden, irrigation, public art, sculpture, tinges commons, vistaflow, waverly Leave a comment

Marking the grand opening of its new water/watch tower, Tinges Commons announces, “Vistaflow”, a permanent social sculpture by Joshua Wade Smith and Graham Coreil-Allen and temporary painting installation by Ryan Neely.

Vistaflow
July 10 – August 27, 2010
Tinges Commons

Opening reception and garden party
July 10th, 4:00 – 7:00pm
Rain date: July 17th, 4:00 – 7:00pm

June 24, 2011 – Tinges Commons presents Vistaflow, a combination water and watchtower by sculptors Joshua Wade Smith and Graham Coreil-Allen and kiosk painting installation by artist Ryan Neely. Constructed entirely of reclaimed materials, the elevated platform and cistern will feed a gravity-fed, garden irrigation system while serving as public observation deck and hangout spot. Participants are invited to climb, stand, sit and relax on the site-specific, pedestrian furniture while enjoying a ceremonial demonstration of the new watering system. Meanwhile, the adjacent Kiosk will feature a wrap-around painting of geometric abstraction derived from the tower architecture and surrounding public space. Food from the garden will be served and all are welcome.

Tinges Commons at Mirkwood Estates is a community garden and collaborative public art space located on the southeast corner of 33rd and Frisby Streets in Waverly. The site of organic interaction is sponsored by the Better Waverly Community Organization, Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Parks and People, John Hopkins University and Charm City Cakes.

Sign Language opens Thursday night!

Published at June 14, 2010December 3, 2018 In Category News Tags: art, distribution pit liberation, exhibition, flags, public art, sign language Leave a comment

I have piece in the Sign Language show opening Thursday night at the Whole Gallery. My project consists of flags from a previous project, Distribution Pit Liberation, that I installed in Bushwick in June of 2008. This latest project is a reiteration of two of the original flags from the distribution pit site, now entitled, Distribution Pit Liberation Non-Site.

Sign Language
June 17th-July 19th
Opening reception Thursday, June 17th, 7-9pm
The Whole Gallery
H and H Building, 3rd Floor
405 W. Franklin St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

USM-Sine in Easter Rabbit at the Hexagon

Published at December 12, 2009December 3, 2018 In Category News Tags: baltimore, easter rabbit, exhibition, installation art, joseph young, public art, tape, The Hexagon, USM-Sine Leave a comment

My latest new public tape installation USM-Sine is up for Joseph Young’s book release party/performance/art show at the Hexagon. Joe asked me to interpret the following story from his new book, Easter Rabbit:

Sine
A white line, across the cement, under the park, through the door, faint and hardly there, to its red center.

I responded with two white lines leading from Charles Street, down the sidewalk, and into the gallery where they continue to intersect before concluding at a red spot.
The show will be up until January 3rd, check it out!

Click here to see more documentation of the installation.

THE HEXAGON
1825 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Press Release below…

Easter Rabbit by Joseph Young

The Hexagon and Publishing Genius Press present: Easter Rabbit Book Release Party and More Than Words gallery exhibition.
December 12th, 2009 to January 3, 2010.
Opening Reception and Release Party: December 12 starting at 7pm

Baltimore author Joseph Young is celebrating the release of his book of microfictions, Easter Rabbit, by bringing together a diverse team of musicians, performers, and visual artists to add their vision to the book’s stories.

Easter Rabbit, published by local small press Publishing Genius, comprises 86 extremely short stories, with some stories as short as 17 words. At the release party, a team of actors will dramatize several of the stories, while a group of painters and other artists will show work inspired by the book. Local band Sweatpants will be on hand to play music composed especially for the event.

Artists included in the exhibition are Lauren Boilini, Graham Coreil-Allen, Kathy Fahey, Luca DiPierro, Paul Jeanes, Magnolia Laurie, and Easter Rabbit cover artist Christine Sajecki. Actors are Linda Franklin and Caleb Stine, directed by Nancy Murray. Sweatpants is Adam Robinson, Jamie Gaughran-Perez, and David NeSmith.

USM-Escape Vines in the Axis Alley show opens Oct 18

Published at October 12, 2009December 3, 2018 In Category News Tags: alley, axis alley, baltimore, fire escape, public art, street art, urban surface map, usm-escapevines, vista Leave a comment

Urban Surface Map – EscapeVines
2108 N. Calvert Street, rear facade
Axis Alley
2014-2214 N. Calvert Street
October 18th, 2009 – April 2010
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Opening October 18th, 2009, 2-6pm

Please join me for the opening of my latest public project, Urban Surface Map – EscapeVines in conjunction with the Axis Alley public art show on Sunday, October 18th from 2-6pm. USM-EscapeVines is an angular network of colorful lines that playfully follow the path of the fire escape as they mimic the ascendant vines growing up the rear facade of 2108 N. Calvert Street. Participants who climb the fire escape will be welcomed with a close-up of the installation as well as fantastic views of the cityscape!

Urban Surface Map – EscapeVines, October 2009, Baltimore, MD. Variable dimensions, inverted marking paint along fire escape. Installation view.

Click here for full documentation of the installation.

Color Path Projections at Tinges Commons

Published at September 22, 2009December 3, 2018 In Category News Tags: baltimore, colin benjamin, color path projections, cyle metzger, installation art, mural, public art, street art, tinges commons, waverly Leave a comment

Color Path Projections
Cyle Metzger and Colin Benjamin
September 20th – October 17th

Tinges Commons is proud to present its second public art show featuring works by Cyle Metzger and Colin Benjamin. Color Path Projections includes two vivid installations that use line, color and space to emphasize movement along the adjacent footpath. On the Tinges Commons Kiosk, Metzger presents us with PS5, a self-described “paintstallation” that uses two-dimensional plains to imply a three-dimensionality of the space within the image. The colors for the billboard-style painting are intended to be integrative yet vibrant, making use of the area’s own palette to emphasize a footpath that naturally emerged from the site and inspired an effort to improve the quality of its common use.

Benjamin offers us Present paths are reflective spaces (here and there), a site-specific, tensile structure of driveway reflectors and bright flagging tape suggesting internal tension and spatial projection within the compact pedestrian zone. The architectural configuration of ephemeral construction materials exists outside of the frame of everyday route and routine, asking the pedestrian to make a mental and physical leap between “here and there”. Through playful color and dynamic spatial relationships, the artists hope to enhance pedestrian experience within Tinges Commons and challenge its users to reconsider their engagement with public space.

Tinges Commons is funded by the Greater Homewood Community Corporation, the Maryland Cooperative Extension, the Maryland State Arts Council, Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts.

Curated by Graham Coreil-Allen

Waverly Pastoral opens at Tinges Commons

Published at August 4, 2009December 3, 2018 In Category News Tags: baltimore, Clarissa Gregory, community garden, Liz Donadio, photography, public art, sculpture, tinges commons, waverly, waverly pastoral Leave a comment

Waverly Pastoral is now open at Tinges Commons. The two projects look great! Come check it out…

“Waverly Pastoral” Public Art Show and Grand Opening Garden Party at Tinges Commons, July 26th

Published at July 15, 2009December 3, 2018 In Category News Tags: baltimore, Clarissa Gregory, Liz Donadio, public art, tinges commons, waverly, waverly pastoral Leave a comment

On Sunday, July 26th, from 4-8pm, Tinge Commons will host “Waverly Pastoral”, its first public art opening and garden party featuring installations by Liz Donadio and Clarissa Gregory alongside freshly prepared organic food from the community garden. Tinges Commons is a community garden and collaborative, contemporary public art space at the southeast corner of Frisby and 33rd Streets in Waverly, Baltimore.

Waverly Pastoral will feature two art projects exploring natural spaces within the urban environment. Liz Donadio will present “Hidden Waverly”, a series of large-scale photographs focusing on discrete pockets of wild greenery within Waverly. A neighborhood map will show participants where to find these hidden green spaces. Meanwhile, Clarissa Gregory will set up “Waiting for the birds”, a sculptural forest installation of growth and decay populated by a variety of enchanting trees made out of scavenged materials. Combined, these installations will offer viewers a poetic situation of half reality and half fantasy.

The art opening will be part of a garden party celebrating the grand opening of Tinges Commons as a community green space in Waverly. The party will include free food from the community garden prepared by volunteers on site. Resonating with nearby gardens and the local farmers market, this event will be an opportunity for neighborhood residents and the public at large to get to know each other and learn more about Waverly as an exciting place for sustainable green projects.

Curated by
Graham Coreil-Allen

Whartscape Tapeway and Tri-Flags

Published at July 15, 2009December 3, 2018 In Category News Tags: baltimore, installation art, public art, tape, tapeway, tri-flags, whartscape Leave a comment

I had the privilege of setting up two installations during this year’s Whartscape. “Tapeway” was a colorful tape installation along the sidewalk leading into the MICA parking lot. With this piece I hoped to cultivate a sense of visual excitement beginning half-way down the block and culminating at the entrance to Whartscape. Various colors of tape began far apart, moved towards the entrance, started intersecting and became increasingly intense as audience members approached the entrance threshold. The installation was well received and I plan on doing similar public tape installation in the near future.

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“Tri-Flags” were two pair of bamboo tripods I lashed together that each displayed three colorful flags. Both stages in the Whartscape outdoor lot were framed by these vibrant flag stands. More than just stage decoration, I see these structures as becoming part of my growing collection of temporary public event structures. I plan on re-using the tripods with an array of interchangeable flags alongside other banners and kiosks in future parades and festivals. This collection of nomadic party infrastructure will help to create a sense place within temporal situations of play and celebration.

Tinges Commons Kiosk preview

Published at July 15, 2009December 3, 2018 In Category News Tags: kiosk, placemaking, public art, tinges commons Leave a comment

The Tinges Commons Kiosk, or TCK, will be a sign structure and pin-up board for artists setting up outdoor installations and public users interested in distributing information. The kiosk’s three sides will each address separate but overlapping traffic flows: The narrow side will face the Frisby Street sidewalk and be clad in homasote for people to pin up neighborhood flyers. Meanwhile, the south side will face the diagonal path cutting through the commons while the north and widest side will face 33rd Street. These two longer sides will serve as installation surfaces for artists setting up projects in the lot. With this curatorial/community structure, I hope to create an enhanced site of public art, collaboration and neighborhood communication. Info on the first show soon to follow…

New Public Sites – Symphony Terrace Vista

Published at December 14, 2008December 4, 2018 In Category News Tags: baltimore, map, new public sites, public art, symphony terrace vista, tape, vista Leave a comment

Symphony Terrace Vista is a continuation of the New Public Sites installation series where I invite participants to explore invisible or unseen public spaces. For NPS-STV I set up neon pink “x”s leading people to the circular, landscape brick terrace structure in front the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra building at Preston Street and Park Avenue. After climbing the odd HVAC structure, one finds three yellow strips of tape that both orient the viewer and frame a fantastic cityscape vista.

This installation was a part of the Wandering: You Are Here show at MICA’s Middendorf gallery that ran December 3-10, 2008.

Click here for full documentation.