Art | Everywhere Public Feedback Needed

With the Art | Everywhere project coming to a close for this year,

Oh, the horror!

it’s time to reflect on what we did well, and what we can do better on next time around.

If you would take a few minutes to answer these questions, we would sincerely appreciate it.

Please use the comments section. Feel free to not answer every question. If you want to answer anonymously, that’s fine too.

1. What was your favorite piece, and why?

2. Did we push the envelope with the art? Was some of it inappropriate? In other words, what advice do you have for next year’s selection committee?

3. What suggestions do you have for the empty windows between now and next year’s A|E?

4. Did the Art | Everywhere project have any affect on your view of:

a) Art

b) Downtown // Granby St.

c) Norfolk

5. Any other critiques or suggestions? Or anything supportive you’d like to add?

The Jaytum window.

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• AshaB | July 1, 10 @ 2:04 pm

  The tape deck monsters (or whatever they are) in the top windows are way cool. There was an AD fb thread a while back where some folks had the idea to decorate the windows with paintings/photography/installation/whatever outlining possible uses for the open space. It might be more epic if next year there were a theme (the possible businesses/uses for space idea, for ex)or a set of themes.

  
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• Leslye | July 2, 10 @ 12:34 pm

  1. What was your favorite piece, and why?
  There was one with 3 different mouths w/ different colored lips that I liked.

  2. Did we push the envelope with the art? Was some of it inappropriate? In other words, what advice do you have for next year’s selection committee?
  The art I saw seemed appropriate. Multimedia installations would be cool.

  3. What suggestions do you have for the empty windows between now and next year’s A|E?
  People of Norfolk photo campaign.

  4. Did the Art | Everywhere project have any affect on your view of: a) Art, b) Downtown // Granby St., c) Norfolk

  I can’t say that it affected my view that much, although I appreciated the effort that was put forth. My view of Granby St. is still bar-central and not really someplace I’d like to hang out (at least on the weekends).

  5. Any other critiques or suggestions? Or anything supportive you’d like to add?
  It’d be great to incorporate other art forms, like have some alternative theater events, site specific interactive game or art (one example is PacManhattan), a drum circle… The Norfology video shoot was cool. Maybe it could be expanded to a Storytelling booth or oral history project.

  
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• Laura S. | July 2, 10 @ 1:26 pm

  1. What was your favorite piece, and why?
  The piece with all of the polaroids. It looked like a lot of fun to shoot.

  2. Did we push the envelope with the art? Was some of it inappropriate? In other words, what advice do you have for next year’s selection committee?
  All of the art seemed appropriate. I know you have no control over this, but I think there needs to be more art displayed. Maybe some of the businesses could get in on it too.

  3. What suggestions do you have for the empty windows between now and next year’s A|E?
  I love the idea of a people of Norfolk campaign. It goes along with the Norfology idea.

  4. Did the Art | Everywhere project have any affect on your view of: I loved seeing all of the photographers. I think that this is exactly what Downtown needed. Downtown is as eclectic/artsy as it could be — it needed this little push in that direction.

  5. Any other critiques or suggestions? Or anything supportive you’d like to add?
  I want to see some a venue offer cool, outdoor movies.

  
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• lizzelizzel | July 2, 10 @ 4:16 pm

  I hate that you are even asking if any of it was inappropriate. I personally feel that asking that question gives censor fanatics a foot in the door. We already know they have one, don’t open it wider!

  I really enjoyed the glass and wood pieces in the windows for the performing arts/dance studio.

  The event showed me how interesting Downtown Norfolk could be if this type of trend continued.

  I saw someone said the performers were weak. I think that is really unfair considering that this type of art is uncommon here. I think there is a battle with what you expect to see and what you are used to when performing in public and they were brave to do it.

  I hope to see more interactive art in the windows in the future if Art Everywhere happens again. This was a challenge and I think it was great, but I think also think that after seeing how it worked that pieces should be chosen that encourages more interaction, like street performers or pieces that encourage the viewer to get closer(like the piece that needed viewers to get close to the window and peer through the holes).

  
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• P. Augustus McK. IV | July 2, 10 @ 5:27 pm

  My favorite would be the piece between Velvet and Backstage Cafe. I was under the impression that it would still be up there after the Art Everywhere event…sadly, it’s not.

  Instead of once a year, I feel that this should be a year around event. Have random new piece of art up every few months while keeping some of the older pieces up a little longer. Would probably bring more people to downtown more often and venture out to see what’s new.

  Also, would love to see some hip-hop inspired artwork AKA graffiti…

  
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