The Puzzle Project 2009
When the artist Tim Kelly, Gallery Director Marie Maber of Brookdale Community College, and MCAC Art Education Director Sandy Taylor met in the fall of 2008 to brainstorm a collaborative project for the 2009 MCAC Teen Arts Festival, the conceptual vision was to develop a universal shape that could fit together in any direction, have a unifying theme, and be assembled as an installation during the Festival. And be appealing, creative, universal, collaborative and fun!
The Puzzle Project was created as a collaboration between the artistic voices of the individual artist, school groups, and artist groups that come together for the Teen Arts Festival. During the Festival, all puzzle pieces were interlocked onto a 3-D wire structure built within the Gallery, in the Center of Visual Arts, Brookdale Community College, and remained in the CVA Gallery thru the end of the March. Dozens of puzzle pieces were created in workshops too. Since the Festival's end, the Puzzle Project was displayed at Surf Taco, Belmar for the month of April, and a section of the project was part of the Asbury Park School District's Art Showcase at Convention Hall, Asbury Park, May 19 & 20.
From May 18 to 29, the Puzzle Project was reassembled at the Middletown Arts Center for the Arts Education Awards & Showcase. Over the summer, it will travel to Howell Library in July and August.
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