Pittsburgh Art Car launches crowd funding effort to take 7 Artists to California
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Most Wanted Fine Art (MWFA) and the Pittsburgh Art Car will travel across the country this May on a 12 city tour to explore public art as a community engagement strategy. The tour is built around the Art Car. They are launching a crowdfunding effort on IndieGoGo to support this project.
Most Wanted themed art piece grows throughout the Art Car Tour and is towed behind a van throughout the trip as mobile sculpture. The team takes mugshots of people in each city and wheat pastes them directly on to the car as well as uploading the images to social media. This allows the participant to be part of the trip and follow the adventures. The artists will be creating art live and participating in artist talks and discussions in different cities along the route. Once the car returns home it will move on to its next stage The Demolition Derby where it will be smashed over the Labor Day Weekend in the name of performance art.
Once a year since 1995, Jason Sauer has chosen a car, painted it artistically, and then participated in an American folk art performance of Demolition Derby at the Great Stoneboro Fair. This event sells out each year with over 6,000 people in attendance. He doesn’t always win, but cars always get smashed and sometimes the family comes home with a trophy.
The wrecked car will then be transformed one more time in the name of art. Jason Sauer will use a torch and cut out pieces of the car and create art out of the scraps. These limited pieces can be obtained by backers in their natural state or with the elevation of real Diamond Dust.
“While traveling across the country, our team of seven artists will meet with other gallery owners, museum directors, and community groups to learn how they have successfully engaged the neighborhood around them,” explains Nina Sauer, owner of MWFA. “The visit creates awareness of Pittsburgh’s arts community while encouraging a relationship between their city and ours.”
Two stops include the prestigious Downtown LA Artwalk and the Bay Area Maker Faire, both of which extended invitations to MWFA to participate. Maker Faire supports art cars from across the nation representing various regions. Other cities on the tour include Chattanooga, Houston, Amarillo, Reno and Salt Lake City. A complete list of tour stops and location is available on the MWFA website. Participating artists include: Sam Thorp, Darrell Kinsel, Dante Lombardi, Kai Devenitch, Rich Jackley, and Nina and Jason Sauer.
“This tour is about building community with other public artists around the country,” says Sauer. “The Art Car creates an investment in Pittsburgh’s public art scene and our documentation of the tour will ultimately create a permanent reminder of that relationship.”
The goal of the Indiegogo campaign is $7,000 all of which will be used to cover expenses associated with transporting seven artists cross country. Each participating artist has committed to creating a travel log of sorts using letters and graphic images that they will personalize for donors to the crowdfund. Indiegogo pledges start at $1.00 in keeping with the gallery’s commitment to make art accessible to everyone.
Most Wanted Fine Art is a Pittsburgh based community center disguised as an art gallery. Located along the Penn Avenue corridor, MWFA houses two gallery spaces as well as printing press and community art resources. More information is available at www.mostwantedfineart.com
12 Cities, 93 hours of driving 6,370 miles in 20 days.
Pittsburgh PA MAY 5
Chattanooga TN MAY 6
Longview TX MAY 7
Houston TX MAY 8-9
Amarillo TX MAY 9-10
Grand Canyon AZ MAY 10-11
Los Angeles CA MAY 13-14
San Francisco CA MAY 15-18
Reno NV MAY 19
Salt Lake City UT MAY 20
Denver CO MAY 21
Omaha NE MAY 22
Chicago IL MAY 23-24
Pittsburgh PA MAY 25
We need your help! Please share our campaign, tell your friends, and if you can make a small donation.
This is a chance of a life time for seven Pittsburgh Artists. http://igg.me/at/pghartcar2015
Learn more about The Pittsburgh Art Car
WE ARE DOING A CROWD FUNDING EFFORT AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Please Watch, Read, and Share our IndieGoGo Campaign