Garden in Transit uses NY taxi canvas

nirvan

 

 

Just came across this very cool collaborative-art/social-change project called Garden in Transit:

http://www.portraitsofhope.org/git/index.php

 

"Garden in Transit may be the most ambitious community collaboration and public art project in New York City history.

As part of this groundbreaking motivational art, education, and creative therapy project, thousands of kids in schools, hospitals, and community institutions are painting vibrant flowers -- symbolizing joy, life, beauty, and inspiration -- on adhesive weatherproof panels that will be applied to the hoods, trunks and/or roofs of thousands of New York City taxis.

Hundreds of schools, hospitals and after-school programs throughout the City and beyond are participating in Garden in Transit. And thousands of adults are volunteering to lend a hand for what Mayor Bloomberg describes as a "mammoth, once-in-a-lifetime effort." When complete, the project will be a tangible lesson in the power of teamwork and collaboration."

Comments

Thu, 10/21/2010 - 1:56am

Your work is really appreciable....

Tue, 04/17/2007 - 2:08pm

There should be a portal site connecting all these emerging groups together.

Fri, 04/27/2007 - 2:41pm

Agreed. And maybe there already is?

But for now, I like the idea of compiling links to interesting collaborative art and/or social-change projects here.

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'Bringing people together, for one second.'

Fri, 04/27/2007 - 3:34pm

It works.