Artist Marisa Dalla Valle requires submissions for her plastic chook artwork mission: Birds for Peace.Photo courtesy of Marisa Dalla Valle.
St. Pete Artist Marisa Dalla Valle’s litter field scooper is made out of recycled plastic bottles.
It’s protected to say she’s no stranger to repurposing artwork.
“The waste thing is just weighing on me,” Valle mentioned. “I figure this is a way I can help and bring awareness.”
Valle is within the strategy of making use of for a grant from the St. Pete Arts Alliance to launch her St. Pete-wide public artwork mission: Birds for Peace.
Bird for Peace
The first leg of the exhibit shall be open April 2 on the Gulf Coast Arts Alliance. The grand opening is on April 13.
Gulf Coast Artists’ Alliance Executive Director Judy Vienneau mentioned the birds shall be strung up contained in the gallery. The official opening will coexist with the Second Saturday Art Walk.
“We’ve always supported the concept of repurposed materials for an art show,” Vienneau mentioned.
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Eventually, Valle hopes to take Birds for Peace on the street. The birds shall be strung on a hammock-like wire between bushes and buildings. Other places are to be decided, however Valle hopes Gulfport shall be on the record.
“The idea is to encourage people to be creative with waste, instead of throwing it away,” Valle mentioned. “If the flock of unusual birds flying above is meant to be entertaining, at the same time it acts as a reminder of the ongoing wars and the growing waste problem.”
Valle, a New York-born artist who has labored in theater and set up all over the place from Paris to Mississippi, works instead instructor at Eckerd College.
“There are so many ways artists can create these birds, but I recommend lightweight, not too heavy as they will be flying above people’s heads,” Valle mentioned. Photo courtesy of Marisa Dalla Valle.
Interested Artists
The necessities for Birds for Peace submissions are easy.
Some reveals shall be outdoors. Artists ought to make the birds out of plastic and with supplies in a position to briefly face up to rain and warmth.
“There are so many ways artists can create these birds, but I recommend lightweight, not too heavy, as they will be flying above people’s heads,” Valle mentioned.
Birds for Peace is in its early phases, however Valle hopes to ultimately add workshops and movies to go together with every department of the mission.
The chook meeting date on the Gulf Coast Artist Alliance is Mar. 30, so artists ought to attain out quickly.
Email Valle at [email protected] with concepts, images, and questions on Birds for Peace.
Gulf Coast Artists’ Alliance, 2604 Central Ave., St. Petersburg.
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