1999
Nashville, TN
Perforated metal trash cans woven with telephone wire scraps
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.
Photos of the cans' creation
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Artist Lanie Gannon helped participants to make their own art projects using the same colored telephone
wire that they had used on the cans, combined with beads, feathers, and silk flowers.
Photos of celebration day
BellSouth provided funds and telephone wire, and Metro Parks and Recreation art teachers lead helped lead can
workshops at the Sevier Park Community Center. Susan Knowles was the project organizer, and I was the lead artist for Can-Do.
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