Launch of “The Louisville Table”
Join us for the launch of “The Louisville Table”, a social appliance co-designed by Jakub Szczesny and GE’s FirstBuild. The Louisville Table works to foster a cooperative cooking environment by enabling groups of people to come together to prepare meals as a collective through social interaction. The display will include works by Andrew Hyslop, Robert […]
Project 6: Who’s Louisville? – Man Bartlett Artist Talk
Man Bartlett talks about his practice and project in Louisville with Thrive365
Man Bartlett & IDEAS 40203 – Project 6: Who’s Louisville? at Zephyr Gallery
February – March 2015 Zephyr Gallery | 610 E. Market St. | Louisville KY 40202 For two months, Zephyr Gallery becomes IDEAS – a creative chamber of commerce and entrepreneurial engine. Project 6 includes over 40 events including artist talks, industry specific roundtables and more. Contribute to the conversation using #wholou on Twitter and Instagram […]
Man Bartlett Engages Thrive365
XLerateART’s second artist creative place-making residency brings the New York City based artist Man Bartlett to engage with Thrive365. During Jan and Feb, Bartlett has been actively interacting in Louisville through his practice. Man Bartlett Man Bartlett (b.1981) is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in New York. His diverse practice includes drawing, […]
Presentation of Jakub Szczesny at GE’s First Build – PHOTOS
Photos from Jakub’s presentation & customer discovery night at FirstBuild check all the photos from IDEAS40203 Flickr Set Below are a few selections. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.
Jakub Szczesny & GE FirstBuild
Xlerate’s first project brings together former RU alumni resident, Jakub Szczesny, to work with GE First Build. FirstBuild is a partnership betweeen GE Appliances and Local Motors to create a new model for the appliance industry, engaging with a community of industrial designers, scientists, engineers, makers and early adopters to address some of the toughest […]
An Intro to XlerateART
UNIQUE. FOCUSED. OUTCOMES DRIVEN. XLerateArt exclusively utilizes professional artists as catalysts for business innovation in non-arts related industries such as advanced manufacturing, health/wellness, food/beverage, etc. “ART IS A CATALYTIC FORCE THAT ALLOWS OPTIONS TO BECOME VISIBLE.” – MEL CHIN We cause people to think about things in radically new ways. Our skilled, professional artists are […]
Erin Dunn at I.S. 187
“Current Events in the Classroom: Responding Through Art” at I.S 87 public school in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, with the participation of RU artist in residency Erin Dunn (New York). “Current Events in the Classroom: Responding Through Art” calls for an experimental integration of the visual arts into the school’s social studies curriculum within the framework of […]
Responding Through Art Blog
Check out the Current Events in the Classroom: Responding Through Art blog from RU’s first educational program aimed to integrate contemporary art projects and methodologies into a social social studies curriculum. In preparation for sessions with teaching artist and RU artist-in-residencyErin Dunn, the blog served as a key resource for the four 8th grade students […]
Pedro Motta and PAISAGEM SUSPENSA – 2010/2012
During Pedro Motta’s residency, we organized the shooting for part of the series “Paisagem Suspensa”. The project consisted in identifying locations throughout the city to photograph a helium filled balloon floating over city infrastructure. A red weather balloon and a helium tank was procured, and we did a test shoot at a location in Long […]