Vinyl Visionaries
Date: April 2, 2008 | Category: Art, Events, Lifestyle
The Bay Area is always a great place to be on Earth Day, and this year ReVisions/SF will be displaying motivational environmental messages from an unlikely place: billboards. ReVisions/SF is a drive-by public art project, conceived by Peter Schulberg, a non-profit art gallery founder and artist who repurposes recovered materials into functional art. After learning that billboard advertising frequently ends up at the dump, Schulberg was determined to find a way to re-use the vinyl billboards as canvases for new artists. Following a successful run with millions of viewers in LA, ReVisions/SF’s Earth Day unveiling will include 10 original artworks designed to inspire Bay Area citizens as well as a gallery opening at the Thoreau Center for Sustainability featuring smaller works on vinyl (an otherwise unpopular material with enviros). And if you happen to have any budding Bay Area artists in your home between the ages of 12 and 18, encourage them to submit to the “Gimme Shelter Art!” contest with works themed appropriately, “The World As I See It/World As I Hope It To Be.” Your young Picasso’s artwork could be featured in local bus shelters, spreading messages of hope for a greener future. For more info, check out the Revisions site.
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