Word: streetã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This testament to the ability of art—and Guillemin—to connect people with ideas or other people with whom they would not otherwise interact is just one example of the potential in Art Street??s goals...
...sidewalks with paint replicas of famous works and artistic posters to benefit social welfare organizations; each piece of art is sponsored by a particular company that has its logo associated with it. But Guillemin does not see these partnerships with corporations as a compromise to Art Street??s democratic ideals; rather, he believes that it allows the organization to ally with institutions powerful enough to make a visible difference. “The idea is good,” Guillemin says. “To have corporations promote general well-being is a principle that works...
...think this is real trust from the community in what Sidewalk’s doing,” says artist Russell T. Freeland, Art Street??s Manager of Program Operations. “He sort of imposed himself at first—doing what he was doing, getting hassled by the police—and the community folks got together and decided on how they could give him a de facto license to do this in the city. I really don’t know who else has that kind of license in a major city...
...Street??s positive message and Guillemin’s idealistic fervor are a buoyant force for inspiring people and attracting collaborators to its cause...
Writer David Hajdu’s chronicle of the folk generation, “Positively Fourth Street?? tells the story of a time back in the early ’60s—before the electric controversy, the motorcycle accident, and all the other events that would eventually turn him into legend—when a young Bob Dylan hung out at London’s Troubadour Club, heckling an Israeli woman’s performance. “Now there’s something you don’t see every day—a Jewish folk...