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ART DEADLINE: CITY OF LAS VEGAS

8/29/2017

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AMP box by Nanda Sharifpour

September 25 is the common deadline for artists applying for this set of projects coming out of The City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs.
 The press release is here. 
The bottom line is below.
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​AMP Utility Box Painting Program
DEADLINE: September 25, 2017 at 11 a.m.
BUDGET: $2,500 to paint up to four utility boxes*
The City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs invites artists to submit their qualifications to paint utility boxes.

Storm Drain Art Project
DEADLINE: September 25, 2017 at 11:00 AM
BUDGET: $500 to design and paint (1) storm drain, all-inclusive
The City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs invites artists to submit an original design proposal(s) for storm drain art.

Mural Arts Project
DEADLINE: September 25, 2017 at 11:00 AM
BUDGET: $2,500 to $10,000 (based on site, scale, scope, possible educational component and community engagement)
The City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs invites artists to submit their qualifications to paint murals.

Neonopolis Parking Garage Mural Project
DEADLINE: September 25, 2017 at 11:00 AM
BUDGET: $20,000*
The City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs in partnership with Parking Services invites artists to submit an original design proposal(s) for the Neonopolis parking garage passenger side entrance and driver side exit ramp wall.

Call for Digital Images of Available Original Artwork for City Hall Loan Program
The city of Las Vegas, Office of Cultural Affairs is seeking visual artists to submit digital images of 2-dimensional artwork for inclusion in an image database. This will be used to select artwork for several ongoing internal exhibit spaces within city hall. The exhibit spaces will be seen by visitors doing business with the city of Las Vegas and is a wonderful opportunity for an artist to be shown to a larger audience.
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Interested artists are requested to create an account and log in to apply. ​
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NOTES FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS.

8/27/2017

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

​FIELD NOTES:
 I was in Houston, Texas. How was your weekend? Back in July I made travel plans to see “Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910–1950” at the Museum of Fine Arts. I flew in Wednesday. When I picked up a rental car the counter guy advised me to not drive through flooded roads. “We may get 'bout 15 inches of rain,” he said in a relaxed tone.

Two blocks from my hotel, the Astros played the Washington Nationals.  Around town restaurants were open. People were concerned, yet no one seemed to be in a panic.  I followed the lead of Texans who were doing business as usual, though they were doing extra chores like piling up sandbags and clearing the shelves of local stores. No need to start flapping arms until the water is at your waist, I thought in an appropriate Texas drawl.  I went ahead and saw “Paint the Revolution” on Thursday.

On Friday things changed. Museums closed early. My hotel went from being booked by fans wearing baseball uniforms to officers in rain gear waiting for storm shifts. Many brought their families with them. The rest of my weekend was luck and timing.  Some early back-up plans were made when news came there were cancellations for some flights. I kept checking my flight. No change. There was a window to stay on track when the storm headed south from Galveston to Corpus Christi. On Saturday I went to the airport. The highway was clear of traffic. There was no line at airport security. I boarded and landed in Las Vegas on time. 

By then Harvey shifted north and was moving toward Houston. Now the region is a mess. I find myself thinking of the people I spoke with: owners of bookstores, museum guards, and coffee drinkers.  I don’t know how they fared on Sunday.  It will be a long week of more rain ahead.  For the region, it will be years of recovery, according to FEMA. 

Godspeed, Houston. Godspeed, Southeast Texas.
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"Help those affected by #HurricaneHarvey. Visit redcross.org , call 1-800-RED CROSS or text HARVEY to 90999 to make a $10 donation." Via @RedCross
 
"Support our disaster relief efforts for #HurricaneHarvey & related floods. Text CCUSADISASTER to 71777 to donate."  Via @CCharitiesUSA 
 
Text STORM to 51555 to help Salvation Army EDS @SalArmyEDS 

WashingtonPost on how much water fell on Texas.


"Thanks to the skill and preparations of our on-site staff, there has been no damage to our collections so far. We are continuing to monitor the situation. Our thoughts are with our fellow Houstonians as we weather the storm." MFAH website
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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​Rothko Chapel closed and sandbagged on Friday.
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A Kroger on a late Friday afternoon. Top sellers: TP, bread, peanut butter, ramen and water. ​

Token Public Art shot: "Someone put a life jacket on Selena in Corpus"  via @kris10_coatney Aug 24
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EMBODIED IDEAS: CHARLOTTESVILLE’S PUBLIC CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS

8/19/2017

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Robert E. Lee monument Emancipation Park with handmade sign reads "Heather Heyer Park." Photo: Andrea Lepage

Paint This Desert invites Andrea Lepage, associate professor of art history, to share her thoughts that come from witnessing the climate and mood of her region.  With her scholarship in Chicanx Art, social practice, and art in public space, all while teaching below the Mason-Dixon Line, Lepage has intimate insight to recent events. While there will be much debate about the role of civic art as public art, it can be agreed that sculpture in public space around the U.S. will be watched and read more closely. 



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WILL ROGERS MONUMENT

8/13/2017

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Will Rogers Monument"August 10, 2017, San Bernardino, California Theatre.  ​ Photo: Ed Fuentes  

Field Note: As the sun's light was hitting the golden hour I was near one of my favorite pieces, "Will Rogers Monument" (1998-1999) by Kent Twitchell. It is made of two portraitures; the east side shows Rogers in his performance years: the image of a cowboy looking back with wise eyes. On the west side Twitchell captured Rogers’ mischief as a political commentator. He has been quoted to  have said "I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat" and  "There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." Imagine the witticisms from Rogers that would inspired by today’s political climate. 

I found out details about the mural itself for a 2012 post at KCET:
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The two murals, titled  "Will Rogers Monument," were profiled in the San Bernardino Sun and stated that not only did the humorist  make several appearances in the inland region, his last live performance was at the California Theatre was June 28, 1935. Rogers and his friend, aviator Wiley Post, died six weeks later when their plane crashed in Alaska.
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"Will Rogers Monument" is on two sides of the California Theatre, located at 562 West 4th Street, in San Bernardino, California. ​
lThe first design was a full profile of Rogers in cowboy gear, which according to [Kent] Twitchell was scrapped at the last moment when plans to develop a complex next door moved forward, eventually blocking the perfect wall canvas. The artist revisited his concept and decided to paint Rogers from the waist-up on the building's east and west facing exteriors, the  towering fly space of the 1928 theater.

The two images make an interesting installation by showing two sides of Rogers' career.

Based on archival photos from the Will Rogers Museum, the rope-in-hand cowboy persona speaks to Roger's vaudevillian roots. Completed in 1998, it faces the east (stage left) as if he is looking toward his home state, Oklahoma. An image of Rogers as statesman, completed in 1999, is based on a publicity shot from his radio days and resides on the west wall (stage left) facing Los Angeles and Hollywood -- where he became a multi-media figure.

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The California Theatre sits near Route 66, the mother road also known as "Will Rogers Highway" -- a fact not lost on Twitchell, who mixes his mid-western roots with social realism. "I am a regionalist and folk artist at heart," he said. "I have been accepted by the elite, so I am in that world, but not of that world."
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