| As part of Nashville, Tennessee's 12South
streetscape redevelopment project in Spring 1999, youth and seniors at
Sevier Park Community Center created colorful patterns for four new litter
receptacles. Based on African and Native American beading and weaving
designs, the patterns are created by weaving colored telephone wire into
the perforated metal surfaces of the new red trash cans that were ordered
to be installed in the Phase I area (the blocks closest to Sevier Park)
of 12South project. The patterns on the cans highlight the interaction
between rules and free-form creativity in art. Each pattern has a set
of rules, within which the weavers will be encouraged to follow their
own visions of color, pattern, and texture. As a thank-you for their work,
a celebration day was held for the kids involved in the project. |