The Ames Collaborative Art Annual Project strives to mobilize artistically inclined youth, adult, and elder residents of out community to create large scale collaborative art projects within Ames, Iowa. Help support the 2012 Ames C.art Annual Project by sending donations to: Ames C.art, 2321 N. Loop Drive #102, Ames, IA 50010

{2010 mural, Thinking of Ames, located at the corner of Chamberlain and Welch in Ames, IA}

What is the 2010 Campustown Mural Project?

The Ames C.art Mural Project began as an initiative by the Campustown Student Association in the Spring of 2009. The owner of T-Galaxy agreed to the mural’s proposed location on the T-Galaxy building’s north wall. In October of 2009, Ames Collaborative Art (Ames C.art) accepted the invitation by the Campustown Student Association to coordinate and actualize the Campustown Mural Project as the initiation of the Ames C.art Mural Program.

This collaborative mural project was an entirely volunteer-driven effort intended to bring different populations of the Ames community together: school age children, college students, university staff, city residents, and local artists. We joined together of different aspects of the community to create a piece of public art which everyone can enjoy and encourages pride in and celebration of the Ames community.

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The Making of the Mural

Special Thanks to all the community members that made this project possible: Griffle Inc, Sherwin Williams, Lowe’s, T-Galaxy, The Campustown Student Association, Craft Leftovers, the Ames Progressive, the Campustown Fire Station, The City of Ames, The Paint Iowa Beautiful Grant Program, Ames Community Art Council, Ames Public Art Commission, and all the wonderful volunteers who took the time to paint this mural – without you, this project would have never become the reality it is today.

Bring: a project to work on, a project (or neat book or whatever you are excited about) to show off, and a sack lunch. I will be mending and knitting and bring a few interesting books I’ve come across lately. I want to encourage a bit of a show and tell this meeting. What have you been working on at home? what are you excited about? what have you been writing, playing, reading, making?

Questions? Bring those too: on any sewing, crochet, knitting, weaving, drawing, or painting project bring it along. All members have their own areas of expertise; we will all work together to help find a solution for your project.

When and Where: Sunday, July 12th – Noon to 4pm – stop by anytime, we are so okay with dropping in when you can to say hi. The Ames Progressive – located at 118 Hayward Avenue, Suite #3 in Ames, in the same building as The Ark Pet Shop, Domino’s Pizza, Nite Owl Printing and Scallion Korean Restaurant (just go around back, or take the side entrance and follow the hallway)

See you there!
Kristin

It’s called Ames C.art (ames collaborative art). The whole idea of it is the facilitation of collaboration between all media and art in order to infuse the community with creativity through public projects – be they workshops, lectures, or on the street art. Ames Collaborative Art. Facilitating the growth, sharing, collaboration of ames area artists and creative do gooders.

At first it will simply take the place of the sewing rebellion and instead of just sewing we will have a once a month workshop on a variety of techniques. The meeting on the 26th will be on drawing for instance.

The second “event” type I want to start up is a reading group at the library. It will cover art topics with an emphasis on community works and public art projects + self development and growth. Like the book Art + Fear for the first book (it’s short, inspiring, and informative). Look for more information on that coming up next month.

The online component of the group will be features on local artists, artist groups, and organizations. There will also be a calender of local events and submission deadlines. And of course a calender of the events the c.art coordinates.

The whole thing will be ambulatory – on the move – collaborating with various businesses, organizations and artists in order to host a variety of events that encourage creativity, growth, and participation of the community in the arts.

Always your participation and support is encouraged. There are many ways to be involved with the ames c.art: coming to events, donating your organizations space for event hosting, teaching a workshop, setting up and hosting an event, writing a review for the website, helping to keep the community event calender up to date by sending me information about your or your organization’s events. Any idea you have, just email me and we can work together to make it happen. And that is what it’s all about: the ames c.art is Ames Collaborative Art.

I look forward to working with you!

Kristin Roach
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