Axle Contemporary is a retrofitted truck - and an art gallery. It moves daily between the Farmer's Market and various grocery stores and restaurants. It carts art around and shares it with the public. The two visionary men behind Axle's metaphorical and actual wheel keep looking for new ways to allow others to be expressive. They actively bring art where it needs to go.
Yes, the truck is in Santa Fe, capital of all things creative. I realize not every town in the country or world has as much artistic support from its regular denizens as we do. (I am NOT talking about financial support here, but rather emotional). Even so, every place has creative energy that needs to be shared.
Yes, the truck is in Santa Fe, capital of all things creative. I realize not every town in the country or world has as much artistic support from its regular denizens as we do. (I am NOT talking about financial support here, but rather emotional). Even so, every place has creative energy that needs to be shared.
Here are details from Axle's website about their Haiku Roadsign Project:
We found a charming old roadside sign in need of a new purpose.…We will present 2 new poems (one on each side of the sign) each week for four months during the summer of 2011. Automobile passengers, bike riders, and pedestrians will enjoy poetry in consistently unexpected places throughout Santa Fe. 2 poems x 16 weeks = 32 poems, liberated from the page and set free to infiltrate the consciousness of the people: ¡Que Viva La Poesia!
Santa Fe’s Poet Laureate, Joan Logghe will jury the entries. We’ll take professional photos of each poem on the sign and at the end we’ll publish a beautiful book of the poems, photos, and an essay about the project. We’ll also put the photos and poems up on a special bloglike section of our website to share it all with the wide world. We encourage and expect interactivity both in our local community and in our world wide virtual community. From the website we hope to expand the sense of community created by the haiku emblazoned road sign. We will encourage artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers to respond on our website.
So, go on .... if you're a New Mexican, submit your littlest darlins' to them.
And whether you are or aren't, write in with your best poetry story. What's the weirdest, most unexpected, most exhilarating site or situation where you've found poetry? Tell me about it.
And whether you are or aren't, write in with your best poetry story. What's the weirdest, most unexpected, most exhilarating site or situation where you've found poetry? Tell me about it.
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