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  • Collection: PVDFest Public Art

The Art of Play

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The Art of Play is an immersive sculptural art installation that explores the themes of play, identity, and cultural fusion. Drawing from the artists’ journeys growing up LGBTQ+ in and around Rhode Island, the work creates a multi-sensory experience…

Public Property

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Public Property is a social sculpture that presents a commentary on public space, and the evolving nature of collective memory. A plywood box, approximately 8ft x 8ft x 8ft, partially painted gold with a pinhole for a camera obscura lens. Inside the…

Bee Violet/Three Sisters

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This Three Sisters Garden is rooted in Eastern Woodland Native American tradition. The corn, beans and squash are planted together and each crop helps the other thrive.

Dreamweave

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Weaving has been a powerful symbol in my life as it represents the ‘weaving together of the world,’ a narrative in traditional Native American stories about the Spider Woman. This project will use a printed, high-tensile-strength, backlit medium,…

Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground

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The title, ‘head in the clouds feet on the ground,’ reflects the intersection of creative inspiration and practical application that are both required to make things happen to achieve insightful growth and the thoughtful inspired change that we…

Sign-In

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Sign-In consists of a crowd of up to 60 unique, double-faced street signs on 30 poles, all gathered together outside City Hall in a grouping that suggests an assembly of people. Though in most ways(fonts, graphics, colors, dimensions) these signs…

Pnit

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“Pnit” is a 3D installation drawing inspiration from Providence’s rich history in the textile industry. It takes the form of a macro scale section of a knit textile swatch. During the day, its intricate swooping pattern will pop out against the…

Goodluck Gateway

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The installation at the Empire Plaza is entitled “The GOOD LUCK Gateway” and is an extension of the artist's sticker art concept. The installation comprises of a 12’ H X 20’ W multi-medium structure that is a gateway to Empire Plaza. The structure…

Apeiron

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Kristina Brown has been inspired by philosophical concepts and mathematical/geometric diagrams as a way to understand the world for many years, more recently incorporating the black sphere as an element in her work. For her the sphere represents…

Great Salt Cove Macroalgae

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Great Salt Cove Macroalgae is inspired by the artist's research into red seaweed species found in Narragansett Bay, and Great Salt Cove, a body of briny water that once covered a portion of what is now downtown Providence. It is a series of three 8’…