A sound installation designed and led by Gerard Nadeau, sponsored by the ideaXfactory and funded in part with a grant from ArtPlace America. Volunteers attended an Audubon workshop, then dispersed on Park Central Square during First Friday Art Walk to create an improvisational song of bird calls at sunset. The next morning before dawn, the … Read More
A series of night-time projections by artist Russ RuBert on historic silos located in downtown IDEA Commons has inspired the City of Springfield to invite the artist to project images and video on a large canvas that will be installed in Park Central Square for a Unity March and Celebration of the 50th anniversary of … Read More
Yarn bombers from ideaXfactory meet at the Springfield Park Central Square to yarn bomb the Sculpture “Tumbler” by Aris Demetrios. When Aris created the sculpture back in the seventies he hoped it would spark more contemporary art and creativity in the area. Forty years later we are still waiting, and more than ready for additional … Read More
Great front page story in the Springfield NewsLeader by Kathryn Wall about the yarn.bombers from ideaXfactory. Click here to go the NewsLeader’s on-line version with photo gallery and video links. Thanks Springfield NewsLeader!
Watch this KOLR10 story about the St. Valentine’s Day yarn-bombing of The Tumbler sculpture on the Square. Morning reporter Nathan Vickers came down to the ideaXfactory to watch the yarn.bombers preparing for an afternoon bombing. He was a great sport, even as he got yarn bombed in pink and red hearts! Nathan Vickers, is the … Read More
The day before a scheduled public forum to discuss a proposed Sculpture Walk in downtown Springfield, yarn.bombers from the ideaXfactory coordinated a 48-hour public art installation event at the Springfield Art Museum — creating a spontaneous bright-colored trail of yarn that is a fun metaphor designed to engage, entertain, and guide visitors throughout the Museum. … Read More
