Posts tagged Cultural Place-making
AIR, SEA AND LAND BY OKUDA SAN MIGUEL AT BOSTON SEAPORT
AIR, SEA AND LAND BY OKUDA SAN MIGUEL AT BOSTON SEAPORT

Air, Sea and Land is the largest public art undertaking by world-renowned Spanish artist Okuda San Miguel. Commissioned by WS Development in partnership with global creative house and curator Justkids, this vibrant kaleidoscope of seven large-scale sculptures was, designed specifically for display within Seaport’s sweeping cityscape. The work’s eight- to 12-foot sculptures are placed at deliberate intervals on the Seaport Boulevard landscaped medians, creating a public art corridor stretching from Sleeper Street to East Service Road.

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Place-makingGuest UserCultural Place-making, Okuda, Brand Collaboration, commission, installation, production, transport logistics, shipping, Boston, Seaport, WS Development, Public Art, Place-Making, OKUDA, Okuda San Miguel, sculpture
FRANK STELLA "DAMASCUS GATE" IN BOSTON SEAPORT
FRANK STELLA "DAMASCUS GATE" IN BOSTON SEAPORT

Global curator group Juskids collaborated with the Seaport, Boston neighborhood to deliver a new gigantic public art installation: a large-scale mural by artist Frank Stella, widely renowned as one of the most important American living art makers and a native of Massachusetts. Justkids is a creative firm specialized in the curation and production of public art and creative placemaking.

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Place-makingGuest UserCultural Place-making, commission, installation, production, shipping, Boston, Seaport, WS Development, Public Art, Place-Making, Frank Stella, Contemporary art
FELIPE PANTONE NEON MURAL IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS
FELIPE PANTONE NEON MURAL IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

Throughout two editions of Life Is Beautiful festival, Felipe Pantone's arquitecturial public art has become a landmark of downtown Las Vegas, completely transforming the communities relationship with the area, which had remained obscure and neglected for decades. 

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Place-makingGuest UserCultural Place-making, Las Vegas, DTLV, Life Is Beautiful, Felipe Pantone, Installation, murals, neon, Art Festival, curation, production
“MINE LOVE DISTRIBUTE HOPE” INSTALLATION BY ROBERT MONTGOMERY IN FORT SMITH
“MINE LOVE DISTRIBUTE HOPE” INSTALLATION BY ROBERT MONTGOMERY IN FORT SMITH

Robert Montgomery collaborated with global creative house Justkids towards a poetic contribution to the Downtown Fort Smith community, embodied as a site-specific installation lighting up the downtown urban-scape with a timely yet wholehearted command “MINE LOVE DISTRIBUTE HOPE”.

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Guest UserPlace-Making, Contemporary art, Unexpected, 2019, Cultural Place-making, art exhibition, North West Arkansas, art, community, light, text based works, installation, Robert Montgomery, unexpected, Northwest Arkansas, Arkansas
MURAL BY MANTRA IN LITTLE ROCK
MURAL BY MANTRA IN LITTLE ROCK

Artist Youri Cansell, known around the world as Mantra, completed two larger-than-life trompe l’oeil butterfly specimen case murals in Little Rock and Bentonville for ARkanvas, a statewide engagement curated and produced by women-led global curator group Justkids and commissioned by OZ Art.

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Place-makingGriselle GPContemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, curator, Art curator, ARkanvas, public art, mural, Arkansas, Bentonville, Northwest Arkansas, Little Rock, Mantra, Central Arkansas, mantrarea
“WALALA PUMP & GO” INSTALLATION BY CAMILLE WALALA IN DOWNTOWN FORT SMITH
“WALALA PUMP & GO” INSTALLATION BY CAMILLE WALALA IN DOWNTOWN FORT SMITH

Justkids invited Camille Walala to The Unexpected for the first time; taking over all dimensions of a 1950’s neglected service station at the main intersection of Grand Avenue and 11th street.

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Place-making, ExhibitionsGuest Userstreet art, Place-Making, Contemporary art, Unexpected, Cultural Place-making, Camille Walala, art, community, unexpected, Northwest Arkansas, Arkansas, Fort Smith, curator, Art curator, justkids, art exhibition
"RAINBOW EMBASSY” INSTALLATION BY OKUDA SAN MIGUEL IN FORT SMITH
"RAINBOW EMBASSY” INSTALLATION BY OKUDA SAN MIGUEL IN FORT SMITH

The Rainbow Embassy is Okuda San Miguel’s newest public art intervention, now permanently on view within the residential heart of Downtown Fort Smith, curated by global creative house Justkids for The Unexpected art event.

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Place-makingGuest UserPlace-Making, Contemporary art, 2019, Cultural Place-making, art exhibition, art, community, installation, Okuda San Miguel, Inmersive, architectural interventions, Okuda, OKUDA, Arkansas, Fort Smith, Unexpected, Northwest Arkansas
“BULKY” PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION BY ALEXANDRE BAVARD IN DOWNTOWN FORT SMITH
“BULKY” PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION BY ALEXANDRE BAVARD IN DOWNTOWN FORT SMITH

Justkids invited french visual and performance artist Alexandre Bavard to present his immersive visual and performance work: Bulky, a system of movement and notation generated by the energy of the graffiti tag. Downtown Fort Smith is the first american city to present the french multidisciplinary artist’s performance project, adapted to the context of the North West Arkansas region. 

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EventosGuest Userstreet art, Place-Making, Alexandre Bavard, Contemporary art, performance, Unexpected, 2019, Cultural Place-making, art exhibition, North West Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, unexpected
“TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING” INSTALLATION BY DAKU | DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS
“TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING” INSTALLATION BY DAKU | DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

Global creative house Justkids recently collaborated India’s most prominent anonymous street artist DAKU to create a site specific mural installation located on Fremont Street, in what is locally known and the writers corner. The time sensitive public art piece remains as an homage to the community bookstore the building formerly housed.

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Place-makingGuest UserLife Is Beautiful, Las Vegas, DTLV, Cultural Place-making, 2018, art, Downtown Las Vegas, street art, Place-Making, DAKU, Indian artist
CRYPTO CASINO BY LEON KEER IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS
CRYPTO CASINO BY LEON KEER IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

The colorful sights and buzzing sounds, mixed with the excitement of dropping coins and the expectation of a big payout attracts many players to the game. In “Crypto Casino”, Keer draws a comparison between traditional casino gambling in the form of a humorous huge retro slot machine with the 21st-century crypto trading wave.

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EventosGriselle GPContemporary art, Cultural Place-making, art, community, curator, Art curator, public art, mural, Downtown Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Life Is Beautiful, Leon Keer, 3D art
“FREMONT COLLECTION” MURAL BY MANTRA IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS
“FREMONT COLLECTION” MURAL BY MANTRA IN DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS

Towering over the historical Fremont street, placed in the northeast façade of the F9 residential building,  a new Mural by Youri Cansell, known internationally as Mantra, greets the downtown landscape and diverse commuters. The artist’s inspirational compositions and technical mastery have now become a sensation worldwide, making Vegas one of the lucky tenants of Mantra’s incredible public artwork collection.

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Place-makingGuest UserLife Is Beautiful, Las Vegas, DTLV, Cultural Place-making, 2018, art, Downtown Las Vegas, street art, Place-Making, MANTRA, french artist
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2019: CURATED BY JUSTKIDS
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2019: CURATED BY JUSTKIDS

Wrapping up the seventh edition, JUSTKIDS teamed up once again with Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival to gift the Downtown Las Vegas community seven brand new public art pieces by some of the most notable international artists & installation makers around the world. #justkidsofficial #lifeisbeautiful2019

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EventosGuest UserLife Is Beautiful, Las Vegas, DTLV, Cultural Place-making, art, Ernest Zacharevic, Daku, HOTTEA, Zosen & Mina Hamada, Mantra, AKACorleone, Public Art, street, Contemporary art