Suckling is Continuous

After jumping through all the hoops with the city to get the permit for Kathy Kelley's installation "Suckling is Continuous" at Freed Park we basically had two days to install. Luckily Kathy is a hard worker and had a plan, and we managed to pull it off. Thanks to JoAnn Park, Troy Stanley, and Mat Wolff who came out and helped Kathy and I install the giant recycled tire sculpture. It was a dirty job with some heavy lifting involved. But I think it turned out fantastically. Thanks to Kathy for such a great sculpture. Its definitely the begining of our year of bigger, better projects.

Many people from the neighborhood stopped by while we were installing to ask questions and find out what we were doing. Its always good when a piece begins to get the community thinking about public art. Its why we do what we do. And the reception on February 9th brought many people out to talk to the artist and enjoy some Valentine cookies.

A big thank you to Jeff Shell of the Heights Beautification Project for asking us to be a part of the Green Valentine 2008. We hope to make this an annual event, and bring site specific art that embodies the ideas of sustainability and recycling to Freed Park every year.
More images of the installation and the Green Valentine reception can be found on our website in the Image Gallery.

We Drank Houston Better.

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Drink Houston Better Super Bowl Bash at Poison Girl on February 3rd. And a special thanks to Poison Girl for hosting us and donating their proceeds of the night to public art in Houston. And an extra special thanks to all the artists who donated art to make our Super Bowl Squares raffle and Football Mystery Drawing successful: Cody Ledvina, JoAnn Park, Lisa Marie Godfrey, Woody Golden, Jeanne Cassanova, Troy Stanley, Elaine Bradford, Emily Sloan, Barry Stone, Dan Fabian, Seth Alverson, Jenny Schlief, and Jessica Childers. There were lots of winners that night, with art prizes, mystery bags, free hot dogs and all the drinks you could afford. The ultimate winners were the New York Giants (though their winning cost me winning some art, stupid last minute come back!). My favorite winner of the night was Gina Sonderegger, no one else got quite as excited as she did when she won Dan Fabian's art in the football mystery drawing.You can see more images from the evening at www.bbap-houston.org in our Image Gallery.