Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the following upcoming events that will take place from February 23 – March 5 in at CMCA in St. Croix. Former Crucian resident, Kendal Henry from New York City will be making his second visit to St. Croix to follow up on a public artwork which was initiated a year ago. This project may focus on a theme of “Common Ground” and may reference the history and cultural use of the towns of Frederiksted and Christiansted. The project will be site specific and will be created during his ten-day residency. Artists and non-artists wishing to participate or just learn more about Public Art are invited to attend. It is Mr. Henry’s intention is to meet Virgin Islands artists and get to know their work. This Blog has been set up for this purpose.

Common Ground public art project and this residency is being sponsored by Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, Virgin Islands Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Virgin Island Artists who wish to post to the blog should request an invitation from Kendal at Kendal11101@hotmail.com.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

What is Public Art - A Sampling

The project began with a slide show about public art. It covered various forms and expressions. Some of the projects were made out of expensive carbon materials while others, cheap garbage bags or masking tape. Some took up many city blocks while others were the size of a match stick. The slide show was meant to inspire and stimulate the creativity that I believe every one possesses. Everyone who attended was given homework- come in the next day with ideas or things that are on your mind that can be addressed through a public art project. Below is a small sampling of the images shown.







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