Artwork by Betty Gay

Host the Olympics and your city is left for years to come with a bunch of stadia (is that the plural of ‘stadium’?). On a slightly smaller, though still cool,  scale, past celebrations of FestivALL are beginning to leave behind artistic mementos of their own. Last year, area artists donated artwork featured on a series of flags hung on light poles in the East End as part of The Banner Project. The flags remain, flapping artistically in the breeze.

This year, 25 local artists have contributed artworks (see above and below) that are being fired into bricks that will adorn sidewalks in a two-block zone of Washington Street East. More to come in a future post on the installation of the bricks  and the bricks themselves, a process to be finished by the end of June. Meanwhile, the original artwork for the bricks will be auctioned off at a gathering  5:30 p.m. Saturday at Frütcake, 1599 Washington St. E. Admission is $20 and includes wine, beer and appetizers. Ted Brightwell will emcee the auction with music by Tofujitsu in this event co-sponsored by East End Main Street. A display of duplicate bricks will be on display at the Bluegrass Kitchen building facing toward the Capitol Complex.

The “Brick” artists include: Ian Bode, Joe Bolyard, Glen Brogan, Rebecca Burch, Dan Carlisle, Rob Cleland, Joey Elswick, Heidi Richardson Evans, Betty Gay, Charlie Hamilton, Rob Hrezo, Stacy Leech, Ray McNamara, Amanda Jane Miller, Jamie Miller,  Gary Needham,  Rudy Panucci, Jeff Pierson, Bob Rosier, Keeley Steele, Brent Stephens and Amy Williams.

Artwork by Mark Wolfe

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Artwork by Joey Elswick

Artwork by Rob Cleland

Artwork by Glen Brogan

Artwork by Chuck Hamsher