Excited to finally be able to formally announce that I am one of five artists curated by Derrick Adams for Inviting Light, making my blockbuster sized art dreams come true.
Image of my scaled maquette of Big Ass Snake(plants) On A Plane with some Procreate light magic to show what the sculpture will look in the evening. Image screenshot taken from Inviting Light website.
Curated by Baltimore’s own Derrick Adams and supported by a Bloomberg PhilanthropiesPublic Art Challengegrant, Inviting Light is an exciting public art project which will soon illuminate Station North with five site-specific public art installations and dynamic community events and arts programming throughout 2025.
Informed by the Station North Public Space Plan and Signal Station North, a two-year community engagement, planning, and prototyping process that sought to understand light’s impact on the nighttime environment and our sense of comfort and place, illuminate the city’s lighting history and infrastructure, and bring transparency and access to everyday citizens, Inviting Light’s five distinct artistic light installations will promote safety and further revitalization efforts in a historically disinvested area.
Inviting Light is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and facilitated by Central Baltimore Partnership in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and Senior Advisor for Arts & Culture, and the Neighborhood Design Center.Read more about the award here.
Feb. 7 Inviting Light kick off / artist reveal party at the ParkwayTheater.
Watch this awesome video they created to learn more and preview all the excitement!
Contains great BTS moments, get to know the other artists, and experience my awkward camera presence…
Inviting Light in the studio:
We are hoping to be installing this March and have everything ready with lights on by the end of April as long as everything goes smoothly. 🤞
In the meantime, enjoy these BTS photos! This is my half-scale mock up to be used as a template to go full scale, but most importantly to understand how exactly everything will weave in and out of the garage windows, trouble shoot logistics, installation, etc.
Baby scaled maquette with the physical half-scale model made on my studio wall. Dogs for scale.
Baby maquette to half scale to full scale fabrication out of aluminum.
My title inspiration…
But also, the snake plants are “growing” out of the flat plane of the garage. Get it!?!?! Hence, Big Ass Snake(plant)s on a Plane…
More info and magic on this project and other studio announcements to come, so stay tuned!
