Our 3D Vision group is working on a community art and beautification project.
We want to beautify and make our neighborhoods safer and we’d like to use one or two of our alleys (or streets) as pilot projects which might spur more interest throughout Riverwest and beyond. In the short run we hope this will result in us being part of ArtWalk and getting a little press, and in the long run we hope this idea spreads out into other parts of the city.
Specifically, we’d like to bring art, and perhaps mini gardens, into the alleys. We’re working right now to hook up with some artists (of all ages and genres, come on over!) who would be willing to paint murals on garage doors. Property owners would receive a rough sketch of the work to be done, and would have input and say in what goes on their space. This could expand to stencils for use in alleys (or on trash cans, to encourage their use), or personalized stencils to go in front of each house, according to the specifications of the resident/homeowner. We could also do a little gardening in the occasional small patches that are found in some alleys.
Continue reading ‘Art on the Streets and in the Alleys’
5 Aug 2008 | 10:19 am | Art, Safety, DIY - Do It Yourself, 3rd District | No comments yet - Add your comments
Join us at our planning meetings. Ideas on the table include:
- Discussion/study groups
- Alley/Street Art and beautification (garage murals, stencils, flowers)
- Local currency
- Tool sharing
- Car sharing
- Better bike lanes
- Information kiosks
- Community Supported Bakery
- Community Pharmacy, including natural remedies for medical autonomy
- Small scale and community solar ovens
- Victory gardens, urban agriculture
We’re narrowing down the focus. Join us now or for future meetings!
Call or email for location.
21 Jul 2008 | 6:31 pm | Art, Environmental Sustainability, Streets, Bicycles, Pedestrians, DIY - Do It Yourself, 3rd District | No comments yet - Add your comments
Friday through Sunday, July 18 - 20, 2008
Sponsored by the UWM Library.
Free and open to the public.
Friday, July 18 / 4pm -10 PM
4-6 PM: BBQ & Baseball and Kickball, King Park (1 block from Nowhere Central)
6-10 PM: Bands play, including: Acne Attack!, Prohibition, Crappy Dracula, Dinosaur Pills, The Mistreaters. Nowhere Central, 1315 McKinley Ave. Milwaukee, WI
Saturday, July 19 / 11 AM-11 PM
11 AM - 5 PM: Zine fair, dialogues and workshops (see below), UWM Library 4th Floor Conference Center
6-11 PM: Bands play, including: Dallas/Marie, Irock Z, The Candliers, Gerald Prokop, Truthdealer, Kid Millions, Mutiny Amongst Friends, Porches, Bromance, The Vault 927 E. Center St. Milwaukee, WI 53212
Sunday, July 20 / 1-10 PM
1-5 PM: Films, dialogues and workshops (see below), UWM Library 4th Floor Conference Center
6-10 PM: Bands play, including: Number 9 Hard, Kickin’ It Poolside, The Jack Moves, The Brief Candles, The Fishtank, 2866 Fratney St. Milwauke, WI 53212
For a list of full workshops, including copier tricks, teen education, feminist and queer discussions, film screenings, and gallery previews, and a list of confirmed tablers so far, check the Midwest Zine Collective Website
14 Jul 2008 | 3:10 pm | Art, DIY - Do It Yourself | No comments yet - Add your comments
Check out this website to make your own bike cart:
Community Bike Cart Design
- To design a bicycle trailer that is strong and versatile enough to transport the cargo that you could in a car, but simple and cheap enough that anybody could build one themselves with and for their community
- To distribute the design for the trailers as widely as possible free of charge
- Keep the costs and complexity to a minimum; the trailer costs $30 in parts and can be built in 8 to 15 hours with only a drill, oxy-acetylene torch, and basic hand tools like a hacksaw and a file
- Decrease our dependence on automobiles by making cheap bicycle trailers available as a viable alternative to car use
12 Oct 2007 | 10:40 am | Streets, Bicycles, Pedestrians, DIY - Do It Yourself | No comments yet - Add your comments
Here’s a way you can create a mini solar furnace using aluminum cans painted black and set in a frame. Comments following the instructions give you even more ideas to make it efficient and effective.
20 Sep 2007 | 7:51 am | DIY - Do It Yourself | No comments yet - Add your comments
An ex-firefighter told me that lint is an excellent combustible. Put it in an empty toilet paper or paper towel tube and use it as tinder. Here are more dryer lint ideas. Note the caution about using lint from man-made fabrics that will put out toxic fumes.
18 Sep 2007 | 2:15 pm | DIY - Do It Yourself | No comments yet - Add your comments
