Yesterday was a realllllllly interesting day. I began work in the box at 10am, right after a quick trip to Home Depot and the local corner store to stock up on supplies. I began my day with a latte and a quick sketch on a wooden board that I had previously burnt with hot glass. I had printed out a version of Dr. Seuss' Oh, The Places You'll Go, and sketched an idea I have been thinking over for a few months. The weather was wonderful, slightly brisk but mostly sunny the entire day until we packed up to go at 6pm. I met some very wonderful and not so wonderful people yesterday as well. Helen is a 60 some year old retired woman that sat with me for a few hours and learned how to draw faces while telling me some great life stories. I had a really awkward moment with two older men. There was an inappropriate racist remark made towards one from the other about the recently shut down KFC on the corner. Luckily the one gentleman realized the guy was an ignorant jerk and decided to let him slide on the comment and diffused the situation. Penn Ave. is full of all different walks of life, and when it is sunny... they all come out.
Today is my last day in the box. I will be there from 11am-7pm.
Jessica.Am.
The Art Box will open into an all-inclusive artist studio space where artists create an original piece of visual art work within a one-week residency. The residencies will take place outdoors in five Pittsburgh neighborhoods during the summer months of 2011: Friendship, Lawrenceville, Polish Hill, Southside, and Central Northside. This is the artists' blog.
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