"A LEG UP! for Fairfield" by Fairfield Artists!
The Fairfield Art Association announces 16 legs for the 16th annual summer art installation in downtown Fairfield that will be in the garden nodes around the square and up Main Street. The theme celebrates our community strengths in all the arts, education, sports, gardens, nature, habitat, history and more. These attributes have provided inspiration as a place to grow and nurture our community.
The "Legs" will arrive downtown for the June 6th Art walk and remain in place through the summer until the September 5th, when they will be sold by silent auction with proceeds split between the FAA and the artist. In August there will be a "Vote for your Favorite Leg".
Mannequin legs were purchased by the FAA, and "farmed out" to the following 23 artists to be creative in whatever way they wanted: FHS Art Student Lola Hatchette, Jan & Bob Bork, Harriet Burbeck, Elaine Duncan's class of Vicky Gautherat & Willy Kopple, Jasmin Bode & young artist Leni Bolser, Shelly Urban, Jenny Sammons, Terri & Chuck Drobny, Ruthee Scoter, Nancy Horras, Mike Pech, Suzan Kessel, and Cindy's Art Beat artists Dawn McKay, Irene Murphy, Cris Soth, Danielle Schier, Dextrina Neal and Cindy Ballou.
"The first FAA art installation consisted of Mannequin Torsos in 2009 titled "My Fairfield Ladies", inspired by a dressmakers exhibit I saw in downtown Chicago. It was amazing and I thought "We can do that in Fairfield ! We thought we would bring back a mannequin leg this year."
Leg photo: "THE BLUES" tribute to local music scene. Includes 30" mannequin leg, Painting of instruments with conductor hands & music notes, rubber musical notes made from car floor mat that hang on attached brass curtain hangers, salvaged architectural corners for base, charger plate as cymbal, wooden spool, with blue solar lights. Created by Suzan Kessel
