By Rochelle Valverde on October 18, 2019 Organizers of the East Ninth Street art project are seeking young artists who want to add their artistic touch to the East Lawrence neighborhood. The East Ninth Project has already awarded grants to fund 10 artist proposals from adults, including sculpture, film and musical projects, and is now … [more]
The voices of young people are important to the Rebuilding East Ninth Together Project and the East Lawrence Neighborhood! The goal of the Youth Corps is to support young artists in East Lawrence in learning and creating, providing life skills and public art experience to carry into adulthood. Youth Corps artists can make art individually, … [more]
Keep in the loop with East Ninth projects and get involved! Tuesday October 1st Yarn It Forward Soup and Stitch Learn to crochet or do other yarn craft, or help others to learn. All that plus dinner! Tuesdays through October, 6-8 pm at the Sunrise Project, 1501 Learnard. Friday October 4th “Generational Knowledge” … [more]
This past weekend our second round of jurors met to hear presentations from the finalists from the Pathways group of applicants. After a long day of deliberation, they chose six final projects to fill out the total 15 projects that will be completed with this ArtPlace grant. PROJECTS The six newly selected community-based projects are, in no … [more]
The Rebuilding East Ninth Street project is moving along! If you haven’t already heard, our first round of proposals have been selected. We had a reception and presentation last Thursday for the community to hear about the projects and talk with the participating artists. Click here to see more information about the projects. There was … [more]
By Rochelle Valverde on April 30, 2019 Works of art planned as part of the East Ninth Street art project now include a large-scale sculpture, a short film created with the help of neighbors and a community reading room. After reviewing 27 submissions, a panel of artists selected five additional works for the long-running East … [more]
UPDATE! The Pathways RFP is now available. You can use the link here to access it or find it on our website. **************** This last week the 9th Street Team reassembled after spring break to divide and conquer our very long to-do list. From 5:30-6:00 PM the project team met with artists who had questions … [more]
This past Sunday our 3rd Community Input Session happened at the Amtrak Depot and folks made it through the snow! In case you missed it, the meeting covered the project’s progress, the RFP, talked about the Youth Corps and did some mapping activities. Our e-newsletter subscribe is up and running. You can self-subscribe when you … [more]
By Rochelle Valverde on February 26 More than a dozen new art installations will soon be coming to the East Lawrence neighborhood. A team of representatives from the Lawrence Arts Center and the neighborhood is now accepting proposals from artists as part of the East Ninth Street art project, which has now expanded from the … [more]
The third community input session for the Rebuilding East 9th Street project is happening this Sunday, March 3rd from 2-5 PM at the new Amtrak depot! Please join us for this interactive (doodle-listen-speak) gathering to wrap up the work from our previous meetings and solidify the values that will be used to guide the art selection for the … [more]
