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NEIGHBORHOOD HAIKU COMES TO LEXINGTON
Carol Davidson with Kenji shows off her haiku at Eye Look Lexington Center (photo credit Cecily Miller)
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On Tuesday, July 12, 6-8 PM, Lexington celebrated its haiku winners with live music by Betty's Bounce, a jazz trio performing American and Gypsy Jazz, folks reading their haiku poems and tours of the storefront haiku.
This spring Lexington Council for the Arts sponsored a large-scale public art project, which brings original haiku poetry to storefront windows up and down Massachusetts Ave. Known as the Neighborhood Haiku Project, it links Lexington Center and East Lexington. The dynamic installation will be on view through September. Haiku is a short, three-line poem – 17 syllables max - offering a fun and challenging form to capture a moment or memory. These poems are hand-painted on storefront windows here in Lexington. Community members and others submitted over 200 haiku poems. The jurors who specialized in haiku poetry selected 35 poems. Children wrote six of the winners. The 35 haiku poems are hand-painted on storefront windows here in Lexington. Cary Library, Lexington Historical Society, Munroe Center for the Arts, and Lexington Community Education provided interactive, participatory, and fun workshops on how to write haiku in May. Master sign painter Kenji Nakayama instructed the 17-artist volunteer team window in painting techniques. He demonstrated, guided, and helped them practice their techniques on windows at MA - France in East Lexington and Conte’s Bike Shop in Lexington Center, “Laurie Bogdan, the Neighborhood Haiku project manager, said, “I received great support from local businesses for this project. Folks appreciated the Lexington Arts Council bringing art to their doorsteps.” Wicked Bagel in East Lexington even fed the volunteer! |
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Dance, racial justice, and food with RosemanLexFarm will also welcome back Jessica Roseman as Artist in Residence. In NOURISH, local dance artist Jessica Roseman explored creative connections between dance, racial justice, and growing food as our first Artist in Residence. Jessica will be on site on Saturday during the summer to engage farm visitors in gentle, creative dance movements for all to enjoy.
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Go out doors!Our partnership with the Lexington Historical Society during this auction was a major success. The painted doors from the Go Out Doors – Lexington show that were installed along the Bikeway and at Lexington High School this summer were available for purchase at the Lexington Historical Society online auction site.
AND almost all the doors found a new home! That benefits the artists, the town, and the buyers of these doors that promote our connectedness to nature and enhance our enjoyment of the outdoors. Lexington Council for the Arts administers State Funds by soliciting and evaluating applications for funding from eligible recipients, distributing the funds, and ensuring that they are properly used. The Council also undertakes projects intended to further the appreciation and support of the arts in Lexington. |
