NEW Art Site
l3wis I finally got up a site dedicated to my art.
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Was the Arc of Dreams misplaced?
I will admit, I have looked at the Arc of Dreams several times at different angles from far away and up close. Depending on how you look at it you find something unique each time. It is quite the structure and engineering feat. But one of the things you will notice is that the only place you can really get a good view of the entire structure is from the North standing on the 6th street bridge or river greenway. You would also miss it if driving in a car over the bridge unless you happen to look over at it.
Some have questioned it’s location. First off, since it was privately funded they had to situate it on private property yet putting it in a public space. While the structure is mounted on private property, it crosses a public waterway.
As you can see below, most large sculptures, like the FLAMINGO in Chicago is placed in a large courtyard area so it can be viewed from 4 directions. I actually think a great place for the Arc would have been on North Minnesota Avenue coming into town from the airport, or others have suggested over the Levitt yard. Obviously the limitation was placing this on private property, but I think an easement could have been figured out.
It will be interesting to read reviews of it’s placement over the next couple of years.
Oh, the irony
A foot soldier sent me this photo he took today of the Arc of Dreams and the Crane over the bunker ramp debacle.
Dreams not realized?
Poetry Club w/Charles Luden
Greetings poetic compadre: Below is a quickly penned short poem from yesterday. – C.L.
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Untitled Poem – Number Lost
Sitting reading diagrams
on December window frost
I shiver then bark
back at the neighbor’s
small dog
 Charles Luden • 6-27-19 • at Granite City
The end of this transmission.
Sioux Falls Arts Council still hasn’t found a director
An organization that has struggled ever since they have changed their name still hasn’t found an executive director since the last one quit in March of 2018;
The role has been vacant since March 2018 when former executive director Kara Dirkson left the council to go into self-employed fine arts services. President Alex Hagen said the organization has continued to carry out its mission during this year of transition.
“We’ve relied heavily on Angelica Mercado,†Hagen said of the council’s operations manager. “She’s been very instrumental on continuing our programming. The board has also chipped in and contributed a lot.â€
I actually heard that Angelica has been busting her ass to work two positions. They really should have appointed her to the position when Dirkson quit. Maybe she doesn’t want it? After being CENSORED by the Pavilion (not allowing her video to play at her exhibit – I’ve noticed the video has disappeared on YouTube) I’m sure she probably has the same flavor in her mouth as Dirkson did when she left about the local-yokal mucky-mucks and their ‘idea’ about arts organizations.