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By Andrea L. Dono | From Main Street News | June 18, 2010 |
A unique aspect of the National Main Street Network is the opportunity for leadership at every level. This year, the National Trust Main Street Center was pleased to recognize the Michigan Main Street Center and the Washington State Main Street Coalition for their innovative contributions to the Main Street movement. They were acknowledged during a special ceremony at the 2010 National Trust Main Streets Conference in Oklahoma City last month
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Annual Scrapfest draws local artists, volunteers to Old Town
Annual Scrapfest draws local artists, volunteers to Old Town
My husband is participating in the scrap festival for Old Town. Check out the video.
Annual Scrapfest draws local artists, volunteers to Old Town
By Cole Bertsos
(Last updated: 06/14/10 10:59am)
Abandoned kitchenware, discarded car parts and metal knick-knacks were collected by 16 teams of artists Saturday afternoon at Friedland Industries, Inc., 405 E. Maple St., in Lansing, to kick off the second annual Old Town Scrapfest.
Scrapfest is a competition focused on taking what many people would consider trash and recycling it into unique and innovative sculptures, said Brittney Hoszkiw, executive director of the Old Town Commercial Association, which is in charge of organizing the event.
The competition, which is a part of Old Town’s annual Festival of the Moon & Festival of the Sun, gives teams of artists two weeks to create a sculpture from the scrap yard material.
The sculptures will be judged and auctioned off to raise funds for public arts June 26 during the Festival of the Sun in the Old Town Historic District.
Hoszkiw said the event showcases a town — and a competition — like no other.
“The whole event is unique — it’s been described as ‘Junkyard Wars’ on steroids and I don’t think there’s anything like it in the United States. To have a (community) embrace the fact that we have a scrap yard in our neighborhood and (we) find creative and artistic and out-of-the-box ways to make that work for us,” Hoszkiw said.
Many of the artists, which include blacksmiths, painters and machinists, said they look forward to the event because it gives them a chance to see a unique artistic process.
“Creating these sculptures from scrap, I’m really intrigued to see what everyone comes up with,” artist Terri Pollack said. “It’s really cool.”
Scrapfest committee member and Old Town Lansing resident Shannon Rolley said her favorite part of Scrapfest is watching the transition from the junk yard to the finished product.
“I think it’s so interesting to see people, both when they’re picking up the materials (and) to see their vision and what they’re thinking about,” Rolley said. “Then a couple days later (seeing) it as a piece. That whole process is so intriguing to me.”
As this is the second year the event has been running, Rolley said although the competition has remained foundationally the same as its debut year, some scheduling changes were made.
“This year we’re giving people two weeks (where) last year we gave them one week, so there was no weekend involved,” Rolley said.
“We had artists request just a weekend (to work), not that they need much more time, just weekend days, so we gave them a little more time but still kept it close. It is a challenge — that’s part of the fun,” she said.
Along with the competition portion of Scrapfest, organizers and artists both said they enjoyed the positive environmental aspect that goes along with it.
“We’re taking something in our community that some people look at as trash and turning it into art, you know, something beautiful,” Rolley said. “It’s sustainable, it’s green and it’s great.”
Hoszkiw said along with operating on a different schedule, the competition is different this year because of the participants it attracted after a successful first run.
“I think we have a whole other caliber of artist this year,” Hoszkiw said. “Last year it was kind of a pilot year and this year we were able to engage professionals, blacksmiths, machinists and a whole new group of folks to our event … I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do with some scrap.”
My husband is participating in the scrap festival for Old Town. Check out the video.
Annual Scrapfest draws local artists, volunteers to Old Town
By Cole Bertsos
(Last updated: 06/14/10 10:59am)
Abandoned kitchenware, discarded car parts and metal knick-knacks were collected by 16 teams of artists Saturday afternoon at Friedland Industries, Inc., 405 E. Maple St., in Lansing, to kick off the second annual Old Town Scrapfest.
Scrapfest is a competition focused on taking what many people would consider trash and recycling it into unique and innovative sculptures, said Brittney Hoszkiw, executive director of the Old Town Commercial Association, which is in charge of organizing the event.
The competition, which is a part of Old Town’s annual Festival of the Moon & Festival of the Sun, gives teams of artists two weeks to create a sculpture from the scrap yard material.
The sculptures will be judged and auctioned off to raise funds for public arts June 26 during the Festival of the Sun in the Old Town Historic District.
Hoszkiw said the event showcases a town — and a competition — like no other.
“The whole event is unique — it’s been described as ‘Junkyard Wars’ on steroids and I don’t think there’s anything like it in the United States. To have a (community) embrace the fact that we have a scrap yard in our neighborhood and (we) find creative and artistic and out-of-the-box ways to make that work for us,” Hoszkiw said.
Many of the artists, which include blacksmiths, painters and machinists, said they look forward to the event because it gives them a chance to see a unique artistic process.
“Creating these sculptures from scrap, I’m really intrigued to see what everyone comes up with,” artist Terri Pollack said. “It’s really cool.”
Scrapfest committee member and Old Town Lansing resident Shannon Rolley said her favorite part of Scrapfest is watching the transition from the junk yard to the finished product.
“I think it’s so interesting to see people, both when they’re picking up the materials (and) to see their vision and what they’re thinking about,” Rolley said. “Then a couple days later (seeing) it as a piece. That whole process is so intriguing to me.”
As this is the second year the event has been running, Rolley said although the competition has remained foundationally the same as its debut year, some scheduling changes were made.
“This year we’re giving people two weeks (where) last year we gave them one week, so there was no weekend involved,” Rolley said.
“We had artists request just a weekend (to work), not that they need much more time, just weekend days, so we gave them a little more time but still kept it close. It is a challenge — that’s part of the fun,” she said.
Along with the competition portion of Scrapfest, organizers and artists both said they enjoyed the positive environmental aspect that goes along with it.
“We’re taking something in our community that some people look at as trash and turning it into art, you know, something beautiful,” Rolley said. “It’s sustainable, it’s green and it’s great.”
Hoszkiw said along with operating on a different schedule, the competition is different this year because of the participants it attracted after a successful first run.
“I think we have a whole other caliber of artist this year,” Hoszkiw said. “Last year it was kind of a pilot year and this year we were able to engage professionals, blacksmiths, machinists and a whole new group of folks to our event … I’m looking forward to seeing what they can do with some scrap.”
Main Street Goes Pink
Main Street Goes Pink
This is such a beautiful article that you wrote about our journey. I am in tears. I am happy to report that my doctors confirmed today that I can disconitue my breast cancer medicine effect September. The risk of reoccurance is slim to none after 5 years cancer free. I look forward to celebrating our cancer free 5th anniversary in Howell. It sounds amazing.
This is such a beautiful article that you wrote about our journey. I am in tears. I am happy to report that my doctors confirmed today that I can disconitue my breast cancer medicine effect September. The risk of reoccurance is slim to none after 5 years cancer free. I look forward to celebrating our cancer free 5th anniversary in Howell. It sounds amazing.
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