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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Wayscapes / Smith & Basch at Tinges Commons

Wayscapes
A public art show by Joshua Wade Smith and Beki Basch
August 1st - September 12th, 2010
Opening garden party - August 1st, 4-6pm
Tinges Commons
Southeast corner of 33rd and Frisby Streets
Waverly, Baltimore, MD 21218


As the summer heat exaggerates all tasks outdoors, Tinges Commons presents Wayscapes - a situation of impacts and meditational spaces orchestrated through interactive sculptures by Joshua Wade Smith and Beki Basch. Tinges Commons is a community garden and collaborative public art space at the southeast corner of Frisby and 33rd Streets in Waverly, Baltimore.

For Wayscapes, Smith and Basch will install a collection of wood-built, site-specific sculptures that investigate instances of collapse and invite place-based meditation. Smith presents Fall Wall and Face Plant, with the former an index of actions provoked by the latter. Through images and architectural form, Fall Wall represents moments of instability initiated by the artist as he repeatedly fell over the objects of Face Plant. Turning from objects of artist action to spaces for participant transformation, Basch presents SANDBOX/SWEATBOX. Consisting of a sandbox and wooden stall, Basch's project is an invitation for simple meditation and playful transformation within the context of a liminal yet dynamic public space. In addition to the artists' individual projects, Basch and Smith will also collaborate on a series of improvised platforms for discrete actions throughout the site.

Wayscapes will open with a garden party on Sunday, August 1st, 2010, from 4-6pm. The party will include free food from the community garden and local farmers market prepared by Tinges Commons volunteers. All are welcome.

Tinges Commons is funded by the Greater Homewood Community Corporation, The Parks and People Foundation and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts.

Contact:
Graham Coreil-Allen
Tinges Commons
detourne@gmail.com
mirkwoodestates.blogspot.com

Monday, June 21, 2010

WYPR Midday Composting Question

I was on Midday today, "Baltimore's New Food Czar", asking about the city's soon to be discontinued leaf mold program. Assistant Health Commissioner Madeleine Shea dodged my question about a city-wide composting program to help out community gardens and such by deferring to the city's budget crisis. My question comes up at minute 37:07.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Odd Beauty at Tinges Commons

A collaboration between The Youth Dreamers and Tinges Commons of hand-painted signs focusing on the themes of inner beauty and the poetic absurd.

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More photos on flickr...

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Odd Beauty Install

The Stadium School Youth Dreamers and Tinges Commons volunteers install the collaborative signs...


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More photos on flickr...

Odd Beauty at Tinges Commons opening cancelled, show to still go on!

Just a quick reminder and update: Odd Beauty will begin by Tuesday, June 1st, at Tinges Commons. Drop by today between 2-5pm if you would like to contribute a sign! Due to scheduling challenges faced by a majority of our participants, and a longer than expected installation process, we will not longer be holding a formal reception for the show on Sunday (tomorrow) May 30th. Nevertheless, the project will be complete by Tuesday, June 1st, so feel free to stop by and take a look anytime thereafter!

Thanks for all the support.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Call to artists: Odd Beauty at Tinges Commons

Odd Beauty
Signs of Absurdity and Elegance Within
May 30th - July 18th

Tinges Commons Call to Artists

The Youth Dreamers and Tinges Commons are teaming up for a public art show of hand-painted signs. The collaboration between these two Waverly-based groups will focus on the themes of inner beauty and the poetic absurd. Local artists are invited to contribute their own hand-made "Signs of Absurdity and Elegance Within" and/or help fabricate collaborative signs on May 27th and 29th, 2010 at Tinges Commons.

Contact Graham Coreil-Allen if you interested in participating: detourne@gmail.com or 917-683-5922.

May 20th, 3-5pm - brainstorming workshop, YD Dream House
May 27th, 3-5pm - sign fabrication workshop, Tinges Commons
May 29th, 2-5pm - install signs at Tinges Commons
May 30th, 4-7pm - opening reception at Tinges Commons

The Stadium Youth Dreamers is youth-run, after-school program that provides, "a safe & stimulating youth center for the growth & development of young people through youth empowerment." 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.

www.youthdreamers.org/
mirkwoodestates.blogspot.com/