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DCCA Resident Artist works with Challenge Program and The Buccini/Pollin Group to create public art and aid in the revitalization of Downtown Wilmington
Wilmington, Del. – 2 July 2008 – As part of the DCCA Art & Community Visual Arts Residency Program, artists Richard Saxton and the municipalWORKSHOP are working with the Challenge Program, a Wilmington-based nonprofit, vocational training program serving at-risk youth aged 18-21 to design and create a new bus shelter for downtown Wilmington. Led by Saxton, trainees from the Challenge Program will research the architecture of Wilmington, photograph the local landscape, create architectural drawings and models, and finally, build a bus shelter that will be used in the Market Street area of Wilmington. There will be an exhibition of project drawings and photos at the DCCA, 200 S. Madison St. Wilmington, DE 19801, on Tuesday, July 29 from 5 – 6:30 p.m., followed by an unveiling of the structure and reception at the Challenge Program facility, Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard 124 E. 7th St. Wilmington, DE 19801, from 6:30 – 8 p.m.
In 2002, Saxton founded the municipal WORKSHOP, an independent public art laboratory. Through a collective art-making model, the municipalWORKSHOP creates unique public art projects with municipalities, community-based organizations and community members. Saxton is also the Principal Projects Director for the interdisciplinary art firm, M12, and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
About the DCCA Art & Community Visual Arts Residency Program
For over twenty years, the DCCA Visual Arts Residency Program has forged relationships between nationally recognized artists and the Wilmington community - providing innovative artists with the opportunity to both develop professionally and to collaborate with underserved community groups to create unique works of art that are relevant to the participants’ lives. The DCCA Visual Arts Residency program has hosted over 40 artists, partnered with over 50 local community organizations, and brought art into the lives of hundreds of participants.
Visual Arts Residents are selected through a competitive, juried review process. Each artist submits work samples, critical reviews, and a proposal for art they will create with a Wilmington community group. Proposals are judged by the strength and innovation of the artists’ work, the artists’ experience with community work, and the impact the project will have on the Wilmington community. Selected artists live at the DCCA while working intensively for six to eight weeks with a community group.
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