Art / Shelter 17

A Design Build Adventure

presented by the Zidell House in Taylor, Texas.

Art / Shelter 17 is the presentation of each of the students

final projects / and a second or third iteration of the work we started at El Cosmico.

On Friday starting at 5PM, each student is responsible for presenting to the residents of Taylor

and a group of local high school art students a full scale temporary art installation /

that will double also as the students shelter for the night.

Brent Humphrey’s Zidell House is the host, and a number of local businesses have also

chipped in to provide beverages, a little food, and supplies for our friend John Hart Asher to cook a “whole hog” /

The student’s projects have a very limited budget, limited material palette, limited footprint,

and for approx. 24 hours their constructions must “do what art does” , and “do what shelter does” too /  I hope the weather is nice!

This semester, they have had several opportunities to produce “big work” / including

the Tower 1, Marfa Art / Shelter 1, Tower 2, and now Art / Shelter 17 in Taylor.