2 am the night before installing

Shelly and Keesje preparing for the next day..... thanks Shelly!

6 am placing the piece de la resistance atop Mt. Fiji of plastic. Amazingly, that was the only piece that did not make it back to headquarters. It wasn't secured in the bottle and must have flown off. It says a lot about our neighborhood that NOTHING was disturbed or stolen.....that's huge. I got immense enjoyment from watching people of all ages interacting with the art. From what I observed, everyone felt free to touch and play with the work yet, the were careful not to pull anything too hard. I've always loved this neighborhood but after this show, it holds a special place in my heart.

Big shout out goes to Rowana Shepard who worked tirelessly for weeks preparing and Lauren Jobson who helped install at 5:30 am. Together they did the most fantastic job hanging the center pieces. I absolutely love how they incorporated the art into the beautiful iron work. Great job ladies, thank you!

The first person to view the show at 6 am

There he is again, SB Square Pants..... Please note, when I retrieve things from the garbage, they are thoroughly soaked, scrubbed, and washed.

What are we leaving for them?

Thanks NF for your help disassembling!

SCORE! If only I found them before the show.

The Landscape of No Away will be traveling- stay tuned. Next, the Muscota

graduation ceremony will be decorated with the flowers. This was a wonderful experience, I thank Patricia Eakins and Keesje Fischer for writing the grant and initiating this wonderful project, It brought smiles to many faces.

The Landscape of No Away THIS WEEKEND!

From 9 a.m. on Saturday June 5^th to 5 p.m. Sunday June 6th

The Landscape of No Away:

A community eco-art project that uses reused materials such as plastic bottles and found texts from discarded newspapers to create a garden of flowers. Originating artists: Keesje Fischer and Patricia Eakins. Community Partners: NYC Parks & Recreation; Isabella Geriatric Center; Michelle Del Guercio and Skraptacular, Time Bank, NoMAA, and friends & neighbors.

A FREE OUTDOOR EXHIBIT at two sites:

The Fort Washington entrance to the 190th Street A train Station
Isabella Geriatric Center, 515 Audubon Avenue @ 190^th Street

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Landscape-of-No-Away/118038634890534?ref=ts"

The Landscape of No Away is part of the Uptown Arts Stroll.

http://www.artstroll.com/

Haven't been posting much since I've been super busy getting Landscape of No Away pulled together though, I have been religious about documenting as I go along. 5:00 Saturday morning we'll be there installing..... If you can, come see it in person if not I will have plenty of pics and videos.

The first person to find the kiss in this collage will win a Skraptacular flower.

Detail of a flower

Art imitating life ?

Landscape of No Away will have an interactive component. We're playing and we want you to play....
Even my girls like the flowers : )

Okay, now let's talk about the giraffe. A little more tape than I was comfortable using, first off.

Initially, she was standing.....

Until the third layer of paper mache became too much for this girl to handle and then she just gave up on me, sitting on my pot of dead Geraniums. The kids at school never got a chance to decorate it BUT non-the-less, Skraptacular will be at Highbridge this Saturday to Hike the Heights and we've got a lot of fun things planned.