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Home My WebLink AboutRESPONSE - BID - 7031 APP ARTIST IN ACTIONS (2)ENzabeth Lundberg Morisette Image List/ Art in Action Project 1900 Sheely Drive Fort Collins, CO 80526 elmorisette.blogspot.com elmorisette@gmail.com 1. Elizabeth Morisette: 1,584 BOTTLES of BEER on the WALL (I've had my share); Bottlecaps and nails; 6'x4'; Installation at ART-O-MATIC; Washington, DC; May 2008; This project was created using my deceased Grandfather's bottlecap collection and nails. 2. Elizabeth Morisette: EARTH EGG NEST; Various recycled string, ribbon, etc. and paper eggs; 45"x60"; $1000; Yuba City, CA; April 2007; created as part of Hawkflight a yearly celebration in Yuba City, CA. I visited Elementary schools in Yuba City and created 'Earth Eggs' inside of these eggs made with recycled paper, children placed their wishes. At the culminating event, festival goesrs helped create this beautiful nest to put all of the eggs. 3. Elizabeth Morisette: KVITL INSTALLATION; Suitcases and parchment paper; 18'x9'; Materials Cost, created as an Americorps member; Jewish Community Center of Baltimore, MD; January 2006; This project was created with the help of 2,000 members of the JCC. Each wrote a message on piece of parchment paper, then placed it in a suitcase. Created through many hands on arts opportunities held throughout the Fall of 2005. 4. Elizabeth Morisette: COAT OF MANY COLORS; Fabric and cotton twine; 6'x8'; in kind; St. John's Episcopal Church Beltsville, MD; July 2008; This installation was created with the congregation of St. Johns. The community donated fabric and helped weave the piece. 5. Elizabeth Morisette: OMER COUNTER; Ribbon and pipe; 6'x4'; material cost (done as an Americorps member); Jewish Community Center of Baltimore; April 2006; This piece was created as an artwork to help the community of the JCC count the Omer. I collected keys from the JCC commnity and worked with several different JCC groups to create this piece. 6. Elizabeth Morisette: WATER SPOUT BATHROOM; Mosaic Tile; 500 square feet of surface area; $3000; Private Home, Greenbelt, MD; June 2003; This bathroom was created using the concept of water and the whimsy of the natural world. 7. Elizabeth Morisette: FRONT RANGE BATHROOM; recycled tile;350 square feet of surface area; $2000; Fort Collins, CO; October 2008; 1 have created this mosaic bathroom wall using recycled ceramic tile. I envision doing a mosaic similar to this for the Aztlan Pumphouse Project. 8. Elizabeth Morisette: CRAZY QUILT BATHROOM; recycled tile; 650 square feet of surface area; $4000; Fort Collins, CO; January 2009; 1 have created this mosaic bathroom wall using recycled ceramic tile. I envision doing a mosaic similar to this for the Aztlan Pumphouse Project. Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette Letter of Intent/ Art in Action 1900 Sheely Drive Fort Collins, CO 80526 elmorisette.blogspot.com The Art in Action project is a great idea and a very exciting opportunity.. For over ten years, my personal education and professional experience have been focused on Community Arts. Throughout my carrer, I have worked with community members to create various projects with a number of mediums. My goal is always to determine what the community wants to communicate and help them say it through their art. The most satsfying part of every community art project I do is the ability to help community members realize that they are Artists and that their art is important. The finished project will be a lasting reminder of how the community came together to create something both meaningful and beautiful. I am excited to work on the Art in Action project in particular because of its experiential qualtity. I envision a project in which visitors to Old Town will have the opportunity to participate in the production of a work of Public Art. This project, called "Art -I -Fact" will expand each day according to the participation of visitors, based on the items they donate to the project.as well as their own placement of the objects within the mosaic. This participation will result in a visual time capsule of Old Town Fort Collins during the Summer of 2009. There are several objectives I intend to use as I approach this project: First; I would compose a press release asking the Community of Fort Collins to donate items for a visual time capsule. Weatherproof objects such as keys, horseshoes, bottlecaps, etc would be collected at various locations throughout the city like City Hall, Libraries, and community centers Second; I would facilitate a project that is community led. This will be done by having many sessions in which I set up a table in Old Town square and encourage participants to create their own tile using either their own donations or items collected through the drop-off described in the 1 ' objective. Third; Once the tiles are completed, we will use them to create a mosaic mural of items. Participants can come by the artwork in Old Town and find their own creation and/or item and have a sense of ownership of, and contribution to the artwork. I would also have an opening reception once the piece is completed. I hope you will give my proposal sincere consideration. No doubt, I would truly benefit by engaging with The City of Fort Collins on this project. I would dedicate my attention to ensure the project is aestheticly beautiful as well a cohesive project for all who participate. Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette Resume 1900 Sheely Drive Fort Collins, CO 80526 elm orisette.blogspot.com elmorisette@gmail.com EDUCATION Masters of Community Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2007 (Blaustein Fellow) Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Summer Studio, 2004 Bachelor of Environmental Design, College of Design, N.C. State University, 1994 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 Harmony Hall, Ft. Washington, MD 2006 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE 2005 Penninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, VA Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD Stifel Arts Center, Wheeling, WV Abington Arts Center, Jenkinstown, PA 2004 Community Arts Center, Penn State, Altoona, PA 2001 Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster, MD 1997 Theatre Arts Gallery, High Point, NC SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 COLORADO OPEN 2009, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO HANGING BY A THREAD, Artswestchester, Westchester, NY 2008 BEYOND BASKETRY, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH ARTS & INDUSTRY, York, PA 2007 WILD THINGS Montpieler Arts Center, Laurel, MD (PGAC Purchase Award) THE HANDMAKING Abington Arts Center, Jenkintown, PA 2006 FROM THE JUNKYARD TO THE FRONTYARD Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA 2005 HANDCRAFTED Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC (2"d Prize) 2004 IN 2 WORDS Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA 2003 ART RETHREADS All Points Gallery, El Prada, NM 2002 ART-O-MATIC, Washington, DC 2001 NOTHING NEW, Textile Arts Center, St. Paul, MN 2000 Greenbelt Federal Courthouse, Greenbelt, MD 1997 SPOTLIGHT 97", Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC 1996 YOU FLOOR ME, Goldboro Art Center, Goldboro, NC 1995 Westbrook Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1994 HIS POTS, HER RUGS Gallery A, Raleigh, NC SELECTED AWARDS 2008 BEAD INTERNATIONAL Juror's Award 2007 Prince George's Arts Council Individual Artists Award 2006 Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission Juror's Award Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette Teaching Resume 1900 Sheely Drive Fort Collins, CO 80526 elmorisette.blogspot.com elmorisette@gmail.com EDUCATION Maryland Institute College of Art, Masters in Community Arts, 2006 N.C. State University, College of Design, Bachelor of Environmental Design, 1994 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 2004 SELECTED COMMUNITY ARTS ACTIVITIES Arts for the Aging January 2007-June 2008 Diana Cirone d.cirone@aftaarts.org Hawk Flight/Earth Day Festival April 16-22, 2007 Gennis Zeller (530)822-2950 Cedar Lane School February -March 2007 Gina Luoma EUGENIA_LUOMA@hcpss.org Jewish Community Center Ellen Olsen Summer Institute for the Arts Ken Krafcheck September 2005-May 2006 (410) 356-5200 x 306 June -July 2005 kkrafcheck@aol.com SELECTED ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WORKSHOPS Annual events associated with my Studio Space at the Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD contact: Nicole DeWald 301-397-2208 Felting Workshop Planet U Installation Hat Making Workshop Rope MakingWorkshop Tie Dye Workshop Flag Printing and Installation Papermaking Workshop MARCH 2O08 NOVEMBER 2006 - JANUARY 2007 JANUARY 2005 NOVEMBER 2004 MARCH 2O04 MAY 2003 MARCH 2O02 SELECTED EDUCATION/TEACHING RELATED HONORS MICA/MACH Blaustein fellowship 2005-2006 Maryland Artist in Education program 1999-2008 May 4th 2009 1900 Sheely Drive Fort Collins, CO 80526 City of Fort Collins Art in Public Places program 215 North Mason Fort Collins, CO 80524 Hello! I am submitting an application for the 7031 Art in Action Project. Enclosed you will find a CD images of my work along with an image list, teaching resume, arts resume, letter of intent, and image list. I have been doing Community Arts workshops for many years throughout the country. Two professional references that can speak of this work are: Valerie Watson- (301) 341-9749. Ms. Watson was the head of the Arts Programming for the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission in the Metro Washington Area. Over the course of ten years, I worked with her on several art shows and projects. Cynthia Connolly- (703) 228 1834. Ms. Connolly is the Director of the Ellipse Art Center in Arlington, Virginia. I created a public Art Installation in the gallery during the "From the Junkyard to the Front yard" exhibition. The installation was created so participants could weave recycled material into a large loom. Let me know if I can provide you any more information. Thank You! p Elizabeth Morisette