- December 13, 2011
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ArtBridge is making construction scaffolding beautiful.
Sounds unlikely, doesn’t it? But this New York City-based nonprofit is doing just that. They use proprietary vinyl material to install large-scale works by emerging artists directly onto the scaffold’s panel surfaces.
And for a city that has quite a bit of construction, there’s a plenty of opportunity to showcase emerging artists: the arts organization has more than 1 million linear feet of art installed in NYC. ArtBridge showcases new and emerging artists, giving them a very public opportunity to showcase their art.
Why are they an innovative nonprofit?
They take art out of galleries and into the public realm; ArtBridge creates “public art“. And while public art is nothing new (Greek sculptures, the Pantheon and St. Peter’s Basicala are all considered public art), it’s that ArtBridge is taking something a bit unsightly—construction scaffolding—and making it a platform for something beautiful.
Discover more about ArtBridge:
art-bridge.org
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Read an article about ArtBridge’s most recent installation
Learn more about public art
Images courtesy ArtBridge
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Excellent! Love your (art) work ArtBridge.
Excellent! Love your (art) work ArtBridge.
[...] Art-Bridge is a nonprofit based out of New York that was created for artists by artists looking to develop, curate, and display forms of large format art for public display. Throughout the city, they place billboard sized pieces of art by well-known artists and hold many educational events with the intention of bridging the gap between society and the modern art culture. [...]