Anita Tieleman
My friend Binnie Brennan sent me this link about a new way of bringing art to the people.
Lars Kaiser is a 35-year-old artist from Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin. He came up with the unique idea to put small art samples into vending machines so anyone can buy a piece of art any time of the day or night. Even Kaiser’s vending machines have been uniquely decorated to attract attention to the artsy wares inside. There are now about 100 of these machines found in bars, public buildings and on outside walls across Germany. Back in the 1960′s and ’70′s these vending machines sold condoms, gum or cigarettes, but have been refurbished to sell the artwork of around 140 professional artists now.
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Darrell Grant is founder and director of the Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute. A professor of jazz studies at Portland State University since 1997, he has built an international reputation as a stellar pianist, skilled composer and committed educator. He has performed extensively both as a sideman with such jazz luminaries as Betty Carter, Tony Williams, and Roy Haynes, and as a bandleader and solo artist throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe in venues ranging from clubs to major jazz festivals. His 1994 debut Black Art was selected as one of the year’s top ten jazz CD’s by the New York Times. Darrell is active in the Northwest music scene as a performer, producer and presenter, as well as an advocating for arts and education.
Wow, isn’t that just a brilliant idea.
It would be so cool to come across one of those