Treehugger recently highlighted the work of several artists working in a new medium- “eco-grafitti”. It’s cool stuff, read more here.

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This morning, as I grabbed my morning coffee, I noticed a familiar face on the front page of the NY Times Art Section. Denver’s Big Blue Bear was the cover girl (animal?) for an article about public art in the convention city.

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You may not want that yellow 1950’s vinyl chair, but I am sure John and Linda knows who will love it. Portland locals, Linda Wary and John Meyers, located a few blocks form Eli Phant, are collectors extraordinaire. They hunt religiously for the yard sale items that will fit perfectly in their next project, even if they don’t know what that next project is.

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On September 13th at Lincoln Park, over 70 vendors (maybe including you?) will set up their wares at the PICNIC Music and Arts Festival. There will also be live music from some of the best indie acts in Portland, including Metal Feathers, Cougars Kill Cobras, Dead End Armory, Huak and more!

To apply to be a vendor at the festival- fill out the online form. We’ll see you there!

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As part of my trip across New England last weekend, I made a quick coffee stop in Montpelier. There I noticed a fun temporary public art project- Sculptcycle 2008. The unique art partnership has brought the work of more than 20 Vermont Artists to the streets of the state capital. Check out some pictures I took of the sculptures on my trip.

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Thursday evening I joined Sally and the Portland Public Art Committee on Cushing Island to thank Carrie Marsh for the time and energy she dedicated to the committee during her time at City Hall. Carrie served as Portland’s Urban Designer from 2004-2008, pursuing Portland’s long history of sensitive planning and smart design. The City Council [...]

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Street Art is certainly turning a corner in little old Portland, Maine. For the past two years I have seen an emergence of street art and a consistently improving quality of work and content.

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Summer is here again with the start of the Portland Downtown District’s Alive At Five Concert Series. Kicking off the live music series was As Fast As and the Pete Kilpatrick Band.

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Yes, that’s Mr. Kevin Donoghue, Portland City Councilor learning first hand the business of taxi service. Kevin is a car-free resident, bike-advocate and Portland’s youngest elected city official. Since taking office in 2007 Kevin has been leading the charge of re-connecting street grids and expanding public transportation options for greater Portland.
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In celebration of “Independents Week“, Portland Buy Local circulated several copies of the Declaration of Independents– an opportunity for you to declare your support for the independent businesses that make Portland “a singular city and great place to live”.

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I am going to put it out there that the North Street Community Garden in Portland is the most scenic community garden in the country.

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Yesterday Bitsy (our new intern for Port City Studios) and I went over to watch Vivian Beer finish up the installation of her two public art pieces at Winslow Park. As co-chair of the Winslow Park Selection Committee with Jay York, I was part of the group that selected Vivian’s work for this location. It was a fun process, and it is particularly exciting to see the pieces in place.

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I was in New Orleans over the weekend as part of a convening of grantees of the Andy Warhol Foundation. Walking around the Warehouse/Arts District I spotted this urban infill project.

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Seen at the Porch in the Seventh Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Not Our Problem Dude - Seen at a the Barrister’s Gallery in New Orleans. The story is that the NOPD is known to say, Not Our Problem Dude. The signs are cut out of sheet metal from junk cars and assembled into messages of all sorts. Artist Unknown

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I finally got around to making some final updates to the Indie Biz Awards site. Perhaps most importantly, I added an “Acknowledgements” page, giving thanks to the incredible volunteer committee (Avery, Susan, Peter, Dave, Heather and Brianna!!) that worked with me to organize the event, as well as the event sponsors, the silent auction and [...]

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Last Friday and Saturday I joined more than 500 other business-people and “local” activists from around the country for BALLE’s 6th Annual Conference in Boston, entitled Grow Deep. BALLE (the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) is a nationwide organization that provides resources to local and regional networks of local and independent businesses working towards [...]

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D&D created a sand sculpture on Fore Street a few weeks ago.

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Outside the Cincinnati Art Museum.

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