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IN:SITE Fall 2007 Opening Event (PAST)

Saturday, October 27 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

3400 and 3900 block of W. North Avenue

Events included:

• A walking tour of the installations led by participating artists and IN:SITE members. The tour left the Subway at 3434 West North Avenue at 1pm.
• A discussion forum on public art, both permanent and temporary. Participating artists and IN:SITE members hosted the discussion which took place immediately following the tour inside the Subway at 3434 West North Avenue.

North Avenue Project - Fall 2007

October 2007 - May 2008

The fourth round of IN:SITE art installations on West North Avenue are sponsored bt the Gateway Business Improvement District in collaboration with the North Avenue Community Development Corporation and neighborhood property owners.

For walking tours, a printable map is available listing the installations on W. North Avenue as well as the Opening Event happening on Saturday, October 27.

Click here to print the PDF map.

An online discussion board is open for you to express your thoughts and opinions about the work presented by IN:SITE. Please visit the link below. If you are new to the discussion board, please register as a new user (any information submitted will remain private and will not be used outside the IN:SITE discussion board).

Click here to go to the Online Discussion Board

Press Coverage of the "Fall 2007 North Avenue Project"

• On October 14, 2007, Felicia Thomas-Lynn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote and article for her "Faces of Hope" series about Chris Murphy's "Choros" Project. The article is entitled, "Sculpture puts many faces on gun violence".


Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Article


• On October 11, 2007, Janet Finch from New Moon Productions and Mark Escribano came to film the face-casting for Chris Murphy's "Choros". Her footage and interviews will ultimately be a part of a series entitled, "Guns, Grief, & Grace in America - Everyone's In Its Sights". In the past, her series has been aired on PBS and is used for discussions in K-12 classrooms.


New Moon Productions Website


• Jonathan West of MKE (Milwaukee Online) included a comment on the IN:SITE projects on North Avenue in his October 24, 2007 blog.


Jonathan West's MKE blog


• Brian Jacobson describes the work on North Avenue in October 2007 issue of Vital Source Magazine. The article is entitled, "IN:SITE unveils Fall 2007 installations".


Vital Source Magazine Article


• Mary Louise Schumacher of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel included a comment on the IN:SITE projects on North Avenue in her Art City blog on November 2, 2007.


Art City blog


• On November 8, 2007, Peggy Sue Dunnigan wrote a story about the projects on North Avenuea for the The Shepherd Express, entitled "Art for the Soul".


The Shepherd Express


• On November 8, 2007, Lilledeshan Bose of MKE wrote and article entitled "Public Art for the Masses" about the projects on North Avenue.


MKE Article

Laura Gorzek

"Surface v. Secret"

October 2007 - May 2008

3615 W. North Avenue
Milwaukee, WI

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Laura Gorzek’s photographic mural consists of four vinyl banners attached to a permanent 8' by 24' mural structure. "Surface v. Secret" is a narrative told through photographic images, and is a bit mysterious. Gorzek’s art is based on "sharing inner thoughts and experiences".

Chris Murphy

"Choros"

October 2007 - May 2008

3611 W. North Avenue
Milwaukee, WI

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Chris Murphy has created a relief sculpture entitled "Choros." Over eighty cast faces in earth tones are mounted against two maroon panels. Behind the faces are solar powered panels so they are lit at night. The faces were cast using community volunteers and represent the people killed by gunfire in the City of Milwaukee during 2007. Murphy says, "With this piece I wanted to step back and remind myself that these numbers represent fathers, mothers, daughters and brothers who aren’t coming to the table for dinner anymore."

Kasia Drake

"You Are Beautiful" Project

October 2007 - May 2008

3532 W. North Avenue
Milwaukee, WI

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Kasia Drake organized a group of ten female artists (Leah Parkhurst, Shannon Edwards, Amber Van Galder, Bernadette Witzack, Holli Pitsch, Tracy Doyle, Amanda Tollefson, Fallicy Armstrong, and Monica Stone) worked in fabric and fiber mediums to create the letters "You Are Beautiful." The fifteen letters are mounted inside the windows of Milwaukee Paint, one of the oldest businesses on the street. The letters are constructed from media and processes traditionally associated with "women's arts and crafts": felting, sewing, beading, needlepoint, knitting, quilting and weaving. Born out of Chicago, the YAB art movement urges people to spread this phrase "to make a difference by creating positive moments of positive self-realization in those who happen across the statement."

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