Documentary Release

Public Art Saint Paul is proud to announce the airing of a documentary of its Sustainable Artmaking Fellowship Program The Sustainability Equation: Between Creativity and Environmental Consciousness.


Produced by Public Art Saint Paul and developed by Jonathan Kranzler, The Sustainability Equation follows our sustainable artmaking fellows Christopher Lutter-Gardella, Janna Schneider, Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad of the BodyCartography Project, and Aaron Dysart through their exploration of their own artmaking practice and consideration of dynamic new directions.



The documentary will also be aired on community cable stations throughout the state in the weeks and months ahead and is being sent in DVD format to all studio arts departments in the state of Minnesota.

Airs:
11/05/09, 8:00 pm CH15;
11/07/09, 3:30 pm CH15;
11/08/09, 5:30 pm CH15;
11/14/09, 10:00 pm CH15;
11/15/09, 8:00 pm CH15

Fall Stewardship

The fall stewardship season is upon us! PASP team made their way around Saint Paul completing the annual fall cleaning and recoating of our beloved sculptures. This very important procedure helps to protect and maintain the sculptures through the harsh Minnesota winter months.

This year saw a great decline in the amount of vandalism to our sculptures, which is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our stewards. Please remember that the stewardship protocol for instances of graffiti is to inform Public Art Saint Paul and not to take independent cleaning actions. Our trained team will take care of removing graffiti to ensure no further damage to the surface of the sculpture.

This is also an excellent time to complete your fall Stewardship Survey Form, which is available on our website. Please follow the link http://www.publicartstpaul.org/stewardship_sc.html and click on ‘fill out an online stewardship survey.’

Western Park Planting

Early this fall, Public Art Saint Paul partnered with Saint Paul Parks and Recreation and Summit University Planning Council, to sponsor a community planting to beautify Western Park. Enthusiastic volunteers of all ages, dug into the fun - planting, watering and mulching the gardens in preparation for the winter months.

We were happy to get everything planted before the freeze and hope that you have a chance to take an autumnal walk through the park to enjoy the hard work of our volunteers before the winter. Next spring, we will be looking for volunteer gardeners to help care for, weed and water designated garden plots. If you would like to be added as a volunteer gardener, please contact ashley@publicartstpaul.org.


A very special thanks to Karl and Mark from Saint Paul Parks and Recreation; Irna and Lisa from Summit-University Planning Council and all of our dedicated young artists from the Western Park neighborhood!