This year the MAPEA IRL project in Vicksburg is a change to the way we had been working, which up till now had consisted of looking at our neighborhoods and painting a map of where we live. Still collaborating with Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation Summer Camps, we proposed bringing the workshops to the Mill to explore this big old building with some art in interesting places and a studio space in the basement for the kids to work in. As an experiment in urban renovation and meantime residency for artists, it seemed like too good an opportunity to miss sharing with local kids and youth in our conversation about the environment. But keen as I was to share my passion for old industrial buildings and recycling, you never know if it will be a shared one, especially with such mixed groups of young participants.
Continue reading “MAPEA 2023:InRealLife”This year the MAPEA IRL project in Vicksburg is a change to the way we had been working, which up till now had consisted of looking at our neighborhoods and painting a map of where we live. Still collaborating with Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation Summer Camps, we proposed bringing the workshops to the Mill to explore this big old building with some art in interesting places and a studio space in the basement for the kids to work in. As an experiment in urban renovation and meantime residency for artists, it seemed like too good an opportunity to miss sharing with local kids and youth in our conversation about the environment. But keen as I was to share my passion for old industrial buildings and recycling, you never know if it will be a shared one, especially with such mixed groups of young participants.
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Natalya Critchley 