I'm on a Billboard in Los Angeles!

I'm on a billboard! My piece 'Skateboard Park, Arms Up' was included in a public art exhibition on billboards in Los Angeles sponsored by a non-profit organization called The Billboard Creative.

This is the image used on my billboard:

Photo Credit: Chris Danes

From the Billboard Creative website: "This is the inaugural show from The Billboard Creative, a non-profit founded in 2014 with the goals of giving artists access to a mass audience and to make art as accessible to Angelenos as the numerous billboards that they view every day. Pieces from 14 artists from seven countries and working in a range of media will be on display throughout Hollywood and LA through May 15."

The billboards were up from April 25 - May 15, 2015.  Mine was on the corner of West 3rd St. and South Serrano Avenue.

Images provided by Billboard Creative

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Review in Valdosta Daily Times
Exhibition: Rippled Realities

Solo Show Review: Poling, Dean, 'Still is Still Moving', The Valdosta Daily Times, 10/16/11.

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Augusta Lewis Troup School Mural Completed

Public Art Commission Completed. Photo-montage mural depicting the history of the labor movement in New Haven CT, on wall facing entrance of newly renovated public middle school. Commissioned by the City of New Haven Percent for Art Program. 5'-3" x 48', 12 panels, Porcelain Enamel on Steel. Awarded commission October 2006, installed April 2008. Budget: $42,690.

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Project Description

The mural is a photo-montage of historical photographs commemorating the labor movement in New Haven. It includes pictures from various time periods, intermingled in a non-linear fashion. I included images of the Labor Day Parade of 1960, teachers picketing the Hall of Records in 1970, Macy's and Kennedy's workers picketing against Van Heusen imports from about 1970, the Olin Strike of 1979, the Yale strike of 1984, and the Local 34 and 35 and District 1199 strike of 2003. I tried to include a good historical selection and various races and ages are represented.

In August's honor, I gave women, and women's fight for equal pay, the primary spotlight. I presented the photos in a variety of scale to give greater visual appeal. Because earlier photos were of necessity in black and white, I made all the images monochromatic. Though the events portrayed originate across many decades and pertain to a number of employers, the spirit remained the same; New Haven’s workers over time have been united in the common goal of fair, equitable, and respectful treatment in the place that they work. All pictures were digitally photo-montaged to give the same "look and feel" of my typical multiple exposure panoramic photographs.

Fabrication Information

Material: Porcelain Enamel on twelve 48' wide x 63' high flanged panels; 16 gauge steel. Flanged panels were fabricated and a base coat of porcelain was applied and fired. The halftone image was then applied and fired again. Porcelain enamel is a mixture of glass and pigments that are fused to steel at high temperatures (about 1400 degrees Fahrenheit); it creates a permanent bond. Porcelain enamel is the same material used on traditional kitchen stoves and is extremely durable. Material is exterior grade, is UV resistant, and is guaranteed against fading for 25 years when used outdoors.

Public Art Commission Website

Greater New Haven Labor History Association

Greater New Haven Labor History Association now uses my mural as their site banner.

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