Monday, August 30, 2010

Urban Art Wall, Waterloo, IA

Visitors to the festival discuss images, words, and technique.

A crowd on the festival grounds.

Colson at work on panel #2.

Urban Art Wall Curator and Artist David Pratt (aka, Firefly) on the left, and Artist Kamar Essex (aka, Kamar Wilder) on the right.

Morning.

Saturday, August 28, 2010
Urban Art Wall in the North End of Waterloo, IA
Sponsored by Dianne Phelps. Additional funding by Waterloo Lumber Company and the North End Arts & Music Fest Committee.

Participants:
KC Bellach
Bobby Colson
Pete Farrell
Chaveevah Ferguson
Mike Hollingsworth
David Pratt (aka, Firefly), the Curator
Kamar Essex (aka, Kamar Wilder)

The North End Arts & Music Fest (NEAMF), which now includes the Urban Art Wall, is a project close to my heart since I live in the neighborhood and know it to be a safer, more culturally rich environment than the media tends to report. Kudos to the NEAMF Committee of, which I am a member and fundraiser, and to the many talented artists and performers from the east side of Waterloo, Iowa.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

My Parents


Nancy Ledbetter and Melvin Richard Taylor
Antioch High School Prom, Nashville, TN, circa 1956