I want to thank everyone that had a part in Love on the Lawn, an event held on the Provincetown Library lawn Friday and Saturday, 8/22-23/2014 to promote my i-book Love on the Beat: A Photographic Journey into Collective Graffiti published by the Provincetown Public Press (PPP). In trying to create an urban wall filled with graffiti, tags and other forms of wall pollution, I set up 2 temporary walls on the front lawn and with a large supply of donated spray paints and other tools used by graffiti artists, invited the public to come mark the wall. The 2 day event was incredibly successful; my objective achieved and was even called genius by one prominent Provincetown artist. Several individuals and businesses stepped up to the plate responding to my calls for help and they need to be identified and publicly thanked for their donation and support: Coastline Tattoo donated gloves, trash bags, cans of spray paint and $50.00 cash which was used to purchase spray paint, Flyers Boatyard for several tarps and several cans of spray paint, Patrick at Towleroad for decals, Urban Man Made for a large bag of spray paint, Provincetown Florist for a large bag of spray paints, Randy Jansen for the use of wood to create the walls, Terry at St. Marys of the Harbor for several cans of spray paint and John Cooper for help in setting up the 2 walls. The event would not have happened if it was not for the incredible support and enthusiasm of the acting director of the Provincetown Library, Matt Clark. His youthful attitude and unyielding support was directly responsible for the publishing of my book through the PPP and the approval of the promotional event this last weekend. He not only helped promote the book printing and designing posters and sending out emails, he also purchased countless cans of spray paints as the supplies started dwindling. From beginning to end, Matt was there in any capacity needed to make this event happen. Thank you Board of Trustees of the Provincetown Library for listening to him and allowing the event to happen. I need to especially thank my friend Stephen Black who not only donated his time and knowledge but also spray paints. What a friend expects of me when asked for my help is the most I could expect from anyone and Stephen went way beyond that. From set up to tear down, from any momentary crisis (the gust of wind on Saturday morning that blew both walls down), he was there. The success of this event would not have happened without his direct involvement. The event was covered by the Provincetown Banner, the Cape Cod Times and the Boston Globe whose reporter spent about an hour photographing and interviewing the participants as they painted their marks on the walls. Once the walls were closed to the public to mark, the experienced graffiti artists came and created their art on top of the multitude of layers created by the public. The finished result was stunning, eye-catching and helped achieve my goal of elevating graffiti to fine art and introducing the art medium of ‘collective graffiti’ or layered graffiti to the public. “This was by far the best event to ever happen at the library involving the general public,” stated Matt. There was not one mishap excepting a young child (with his mother) that accidently spray painted his face instead of the wall. A bit of soap and water erased his error and laughs exchanged between mother and son made this a more comical moment versus tragic one. To all of you not able to view the wall painting in action or thereafter, photographs will be online on the Librarys website and my facebook page by the time of this printing. It was truly a remarkable event and no doubt repeated again next year.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:38:38 +0000
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