Students were challenged to create a temporary Public Art piece which focuses on an issue of loss. All projects will be installed from Dec. 5th—10th. Please scroll down to learn more about each project and it's location.

Please feel free to leave comments and feedback as creating dialogue is extremely beneficial to a public artist.

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Monday, December 6, 2010

Transient: 190 Chelsea Avenue




190 Chelsea was the site of Pope Leroy Elementary School, built in the early 1900’s. Currently, nothing remains of the school except two sets of stairs that lead to an empty field.

Many abandoned school lots exist because of redistricting and the community loses part of its center of youth and important development. The schools removal has been expressed as a tremendous loss to the mainstay of the surrounding community. Transient acknowledges the historical and communal context of the site in an attempt to capture the school’s momentary existence.

Shadows of school children were chosen represent the loss associated with this site. The children are temporary and will wash away as suddenly as they appear representing the impermanence of time the space served as a city school, as well as an unfinished narrative of students walking to the entrance of the school that is no longer in existence or virtually ignored by the community.

To view the piece in its entirety, please visit 190 Chelsea Ave, Memphis TN 38107.

Marie Provence

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