sakyamuni
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Braddock Tiles, by sakyamuni on Jun 18, 2013 8:26:46 GMT 1, On June 17th, Swoon will be launching Braddock Tiles, a print website designed to help fund construction of a new, hand created ceramic tile roof for a community center in North Braddock, Pennsylvania. The site, braddocktiles.org, will launch featuring the work of over forty artists, in the form of archival inkjet prints on cotton rag paper. Each artistโs print will be a numbered edition of 250, priced at $45 each. The editions are unique in that each image is donated by the artist, with each piece being printed, authenticated, stamped and numbered by the Braddock Tiles project.
Since 2007 Swoon has been working in the town of North Braddock, Pennsylvania alongside artist collective/residents Transformazium. The work there takes the form of community-based projects, which address the role of creativity in the lives of our towns and cities. A central goal of the project is to transform and reopen a formerly abandoned landmark structure as a communi...ty focused arts and learning space. The community center will benefit both the local residents, as well as become a beacon for people from all over. A first step towards achieving this goal is to provide this 1900โs Lutheran church with a beautiful new roof, and to do it a way which provides jobs and engages Braddockโs greatest resource โ its residents.
The money raised by the Braddock Tiles prints will be used to fund a ceramics studio/micro factory to produce upwards of 20,000 beautifully colored, honeycombed shaped ceramic roof tiles. The dream is that the factory will continue on as a permanent part of the community arts and learning space whose roof it created, providing jobs and skills to a place whose main industry has largely moved on.
Braddock Tiles has benefited from the generosity of a large number of hugely talented artists. The full list will be revealed on the website on June 17th but the site includes work by Ann Messner, Brent Green, Dennis McNett, Duke Riley, HOW & NOSM, Natalie Frank, REVOK, ROA, Saber, Sanford Biggers, Stephan Doitschinoff, Zak Smith, Swoon, Tod Seelie and many many more.
braddocktiles.org/collections/prints
On June 17th, Swoon will be launching Braddock Tiles, a print website designed to help fund construction of a new, hand created ceramic tile roof for a community center in North Braddock, Pennsylvania. The site, braddocktiles.org, will launch featuring the work of over forty artists, in the form of archival inkjet prints on cotton rag paper. Each artistโs print will be a numbered edition of 250, priced at $45 each. The editions are unique in that each image is donated by the artist, with each piece being printed, authenticated, stamped and numbered by the Braddock Tiles project. Since 2007 Swoon has been working in the town of North Braddock, Pennsylvania alongside artist collective/residents Transformazium. The work there takes the form of community-based projects, which address the role of creativity in the lives of our towns and cities. A central goal of the project is to transform and reopen a formerly abandoned landmark structure as a communi...ty focused arts and learning space. The community center will benefit both the local residents, as well as become a beacon for people from all over. A first step towards achieving this goal is to provide this 1900โs Lutheran church with a beautiful new roof, and to do it a way which provides jobs and engages Braddockโs greatest resource โ its residents. The money raised by the Braddock Tiles prints will be used to fund a ceramics studio/micro factory to produce upwards of 20,000 beautifully colored, honeycombed shaped ceramic roof tiles. The dream is that the factory will continue on as a permanent part of the community arts and learning space whose roof it created, providing jobs and skills to a place whose main industry has largely moved on. Braddock Tiles has benefited from the generosity of a large number of hugely talented artists. The full list will be revealed on the website on June 17th but the site includes work by Ann Messner, Brent Green, Dennis McNett, Duke Riley, HOW & NOSM, Natalie Frank, REVOK, ROA, Saber, Sanford Biggers, Stephan Doitschinoff, Zak Smith, Swoon, Tod Seelie and many many more. braddocktiles.org/collections/prints |
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