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AHEAD OF THE TEN SIXTY FIVE
MUSIC
FESTIVAL TONIGHT, ARTISTS TOOK
THEIR
MASTERPIECES TO THE STREET. BUT
IT WASN'T
AN ART SHOW....INSTEAD IT
WAS PUBLIC ART--IN
ACTION...BEING
CREATED RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES.
It's called creative crossings
Nat
Six artists took to the
crosswalks on
Dauphin street ahead of the Ten
Sixty Five
music festival tonight to create
works of art. Each artist had
their own vision.
"So I drew this alligator here,
and we
intend to do the city scape
skyline in the
teeth," says artist Kathleen
Stoves.
"This year is the 75th
anniversary of the
battleship Alabama. There's no
other better
representation of Mobile, we
thought
than the battleship," says
artist James
Currie.
And with chalk- covered hands
and
legs, they dug right in.
Kathleen Stoves is
used to working with oils, so
this is foreign
territory.
"Especially with the aerosol
spray, I mean
I've only used it for hairspray
before, ha!"
says Stoves.
They were given from 11am to 5pm
to
complete their masterpieces.
"So we've just got that first
layer down right
now." says Stoves.
And some had a little fun with
it.
"Of course I wanted to put the
phonetic of
Mobile in there so all the out
of town guests
will know how to say it," says
Currie.
At the end of the day, this
competition was
more about involvement and
taking downtown to a new level.
"If you look at any major city,
public art is
a big deal. Chicago, New York,
Washington
D.C., anything to highlight our
downtown area as a place to go,
I think is a
positive thing," says Stoves.
"We've had a lot of families,
kids come by
that look really interested in
it, so you know, art is for
anybody of any age
and I think it's great for
downtown," says
Currie.
Ashley:
THE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION
WON $600 AND IT'S POSSIBLE THE
WINNING WORK OF ART
MAY BECOME A PERMANENT FIXTURE
IN
THE DOWNTOWN CROSSWALK.

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