Historical Summer 2004 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Innovative and diverse artwork is on its way to the Delmar Loop!
From early July until late fall, Skinker to DeBaliviere Blvd. will come alive with new public art projects as Arts in Transit kicks off In the Loop, a public art celebration in conjunction with the Delmar Streetscape project. Throughout the season, performance artist Heidi Dolamore and her Free Ride art volunteers will be on the streets giving away 2500 free MetroLink one-way ride tickets with buttons suggesting possible MetroLink destinations. Michele Ryker-Owens and Elizabeth Vega with the Loyola Academy and the CollabARTive of the Peter and Paul community services program will create a ten-minute video using stunning imagery combined with Haiku poems. Body English, will be projected on the side of 6146 Delmar Blvd. August 7 and September 19. Check local calendar listings to confirm dates and times. Farther east, on the façade of 5926 Delmar Blvd., Katy Scoggin will install a large sign sculpture BACKOMWEL. Nearly 15-inch tall letters will endlessly play with poetic and abstract variations of the phrase “Welcome Back.” Glass artist Karen Woodward will create City Effigy, a largescale portrait consisting of hundreds of glass faces and neon shapes. You’ll notice this piece in a window along Delmar Blvd. For more information about the IN THE LOOP, contact Metro’s Arts in Transit at ait@metrostlouis.org.
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Concept image for BACKOMWEL by Katy Scoggin.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2004.
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