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Stand & Deliver: Education // Final Voting Days Friday, February 26, 2010

It’s the final countdown, friends. Voting for Stand & Deliver closes in a matter of days: today included, we’ve only got three more chances to support an educational initiatives with lots of promise.

Next Monday, March 1, winners in Pepsi’s Refresh Project will be announced and grants awarded. To make it on the elite list of innovative projects that get funded, Stand & Deliver needs to jump into the top 10. And we need to do it soon.

We’re asking anyone and everyone to get the vote out for this final stretch of the application process.

Got friends out of town that support educational initiatives? Call ‘em. Know a local who we haven’t reached out to yet? Extend a hand. We can make this project work, but we’ve got to do it together.

That said, we’ve got a lot to be proud of, Chattanooga. Stand & Deliver competed, and competed well, with some of the country’s leading advocacy groups and non-profits. We’ve done well amongst inspired ideas because of your support. Chattanooga, you did it. Thank you.

CreateHere wants to live up to our end of the bargain, too. We’re pleased to say that Stand & Deliver: Education will happen, whether or not we win Pepsi funds. Education is too important not to support.

Please remember to vote this weekend (it’s the last time we’ll ask… well, maybe). But more importantly, please remember to honor your city, your neighbors, and your values.

Posted by Administrator in Economy in Culture
VW Pallet Project: Free Lumber for Locals Wednesday, February 24, 2010

As an act of neighborly goodwill, the Volkswagen Group of America’s Chattanooga plant is offering our community access to large quantities of oversized pallets. All are made from good quality wood that have strong potential for reuse.

We’re very proud to announce the first distribution this wood will take place from 10-3 on Saturday, March 6 in the parking lot of Architectural Surfaces. And there is a lot of wood to hand out—roughly 50 pallets-worth of quality lumber.

Each pallet has a different shape and makeup, so we can’t provide any exact numbers, but we can tell you that there are a lot of the following:

2"x4"s at 7’ and 12’ lengths
4"x4"s at 4.5’, 12’, and 7’ lengths
2"x7"s at 7’ lengths
4"x5"s, 4"x6"s and 5"x6"s at 7’ lengths

There are also a small number of 5"x6"s at 25’ lengths and some possibly useful OSB plywood and lumbercore of varying thicknesses.

If you’d like to take some of the wood, please be prepared to spend a little time in helping to break down the pallets. They’re attached with bolts and nails, so please bring any wrenches, hammers, or pry-bars you may have access to. Everything is available on a first-come-first-serve basis, so if you want a lot of wood or have very specific needs, make sure to get there early.

Additionally, all of the partners involved will be very interested in the projects you’ll be creating, so also come prepared to tell us a little bit about your plans.

Posted by Administrator in Economy in Culture
J+J/Invision Brings Industry and Art Together

J+J/Invision has unveiled Fusion, a new program that brings art and carpet together with featured creative work in the company’s product marketing. Fusion will feature local artists in an effort to support and acknowledge the continually growing art communities in Chattanooga and Dalton.

When marketing a product, J+J/Invision creates a room scene to give designers a perspective of the carpet installed, along with the scale of the actual pattern. During such photography sessions, one artist will be featured per product with their artwork shown throughout the various installations. Photos will be placed on the product architect folders and distributed to design firms across the country and around the world.

The artists will be recognized in the architect folders, featured on J+J/Invision’s website and included in various Fusion marketing materials. The company will also coordinate “meet the artists” events, offering the artists a chance to mingle with designers, architects and industry professionals who specify corporate art for commercial spaces.

“We feel that it is important give this talented community an opportunity to showcase their work in a non-conventional way. Our desire is to expose featured artists to designers across the country that could utilize their artwork when designing a space,” said Jenny Rogers, Director of Marketing for J+J/Invision.

The company recently selected a Fusion artist for its newest product, Rusted. The featured hand blown glass, Lilt, was created by Kerrick Johnson of Chattanooga, TN.

Featured artists will be chosen by J+J/Invision. For more information about Fusion or to submit a piece contact Jenny Rogers at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Posted by Administrator in Arts in Culture
Call to Artists: Jefferson Heights Public Art Project Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Public Art Chattanooga brings us this Call to Artists, to design outdoor pieces for the Southside’s Jefferson Heights Park.

Project Overview Public Art Chattanooga and the District 7 Public Art Committee are seeking proposals for Jefferson Heights Park Chattanooga, Tennessee, which will be exhibited June 2010 – December 2011. Works can be in any media, functional or non-functional, and must be suitable for outdoors. Two works will be selected for installation in the newly constructed neighborhood park, and will be on loan for a period of eighteen (18) months. Each artist or artist team may submit existing works or proposed works for consideration.

Jefferson Heights Park History and Project Details Jefferson Heights Park has strong historic ties to the past and bright plans for the future. The park is located in the Jefferson Heights neighborhood within the Southside district of downtown Chattanooga, a diverse and eclectic area experiencing a surge in urban revitalization. The site where the park sits once housed Jefferson Street Elementary School (later named the William J. Davenport School), which was built in 1911 and closed in the early 1970s. The three-story brick schoolhouse was eventually demolished, and a park was created in its place. The school still holds fond memories for its former students, and around 1,000 of them return to the park each July for a reunion. Jefferson Heights Park is being redesigned to better accommodate the burgeoning Southside community as well as the annual school reunion group. Plans for the new park, which is being built with environmentally sustainable elements, include a pavilion, community garden beds, walking paths and a picnic and playground area. The park is currently under construction and will be completed in March 2010. Several potential sites (shown on attached map) have been identified within the park grounds for sculpture.

Deadline Applications can be mailed or hand delivered and must be received by 4:00 p.m. EST, March 31, 2010 (no exceptions)

For details on eligibility, artist stipends, and exhibition dates, download the RFP here.

Posted by Administrator in Arts in Culture
Water on the Rocks: March 18

Artist Zach McDonald brings us this update on an exhibition planned for March.

Water On The Rocks, a one-night-only art show featuring the artwork of local artist Zach McDonald, comes to Chattanooga Thursday, March 18 from 6 pm to 10 pm. The Factory—a new creative service firm in Chattanooga—is putting on this exhibition. The event takes place in Chattanooga’s oldest building, located at 12 W 13th St. Chattanooga, 37402.

Water On The Rocks features waterscape photography done by McDonald. His unique angles and colors make the water look like abstract paintings. McDonald is an abstract painter, as his main medium of choice, so the abstract forms and shapes he found through the camera lens became a strong interest.

This waterscape photography was taken locally in the streams and rivers around different parts of Tennessee. The images capture the shapes and patterns that the naked eye cannot see. Every piece is unique and cannot be reproduced; the shot can never be taken again. As a fine artist, McDonald strives to produce true artwork with his photography by capturing a moment in time and stopping it to observe the forms, colors and composition. This show, Water On The Rocks, portrays the beauty of a moment.

Posted by Administrator in Arts