{"id":80488,"date":"2020-08-01T05:59:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T09:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=80488"},"modified":"2020-08-01T07:01:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T11:01:56","slug":"new-directions-art-in-covid-19-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/08\/01\/new-directions-art-in-covid-19-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"New Directions: Art in COVID-19 and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vintage Momentum <\/i>is the title of a commissioned sculpture by Tim Jackson in the backyard of the Belva Lockwood Inn in Owego, N.Y. On Saturday, July 19, to commemorate its completion, Jackson, Ike and Julie Lovelass, owners of the Belva Lockwood Inn, and Tioga Arts Council members held a small, socially distanced \u201cplating ceremony.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Under the hot July sun, supporters applauded Jackson as he added his final flourish to the piece: a plate made from a welded wrench, inscribed \u201cVintage Momentum, Tim Jackson, 2020.\u201d   <\/p>\n

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Pictured Tim Jackson, on the left, Ike, and Julie Lovelass. Photo credit: Chris Knickerbocker.<\/p><\/div>\n

Vintage Momentum<\/i> is a grant sight. Elegant, asymmetrical, and modern in its design, Vintage Momentum<\/i> stands over six feet tall at its highest point, and is a series of vintage cascading wheels. The sculpture consists of 28 (mostly) rusted, cast-iron wheels of different sizes \u2013 including several blue wheels \u2013 stretching 38 feet across the west end of the yard.<\/p>\n

According to Julie Lovelass, she reached out to Jackson about one year ago to create a large-scale sculpture out of vintage wheels. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI like to incorporate a lot of different textures into a space, so I told Tim what our vision was and he put it together,\u201d said Lovelass, adding, \u201cI trusted that.\u201d Procuring the wheels was a yearlong process. Wheels were donated from all over. One neighbor rolled a wheel down the street when delivering it directly to the Belva Lockwood Inn.<\/p>\n

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Tim Jackson welds things together. Photo credit: Chris Knickerbocker.<\/p><\/div>\n

In March, at the beginning of quarantine, Jackson began to work on the design while completing online classes. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a nice push to get going again,\u201d said Jackson, adding, \u201cI was burnt out from finishing school online, so this was a great way to get back into my creative process.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

This project, wonderful in its own right, is also a small example of quarantine-related ideas being discussed in arts circles.<\/p>\n

Arts-organizations and cultural institutions are trying to re-envision the arts, to identify ways for artists and creative workers to weather the pandemic, and to forge a new way forward. <\/span><\/p>\n

Commissioned artwork, both private and public, is one approach being advocated for by agencies like Americans for the Arts \u2013 Arts Action Fund, whose advocacy agenda is titled \u201c2020 Party Platform: Arts and Humanities Getting America\u2019s Creative Workers Working.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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Julie Lovelass is pictured by the sculpture. Photo credit: Chris Knickerbocker.<\/p><\/div>\n

Like the title of Jackson\u2019s piece, experts are looking to the past in order to find a way forward.  <\/p>\n

One project that provides a precedent for current efforts to help artists weather difficult economic times is the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project, which was the first major attempt at government patronage of the visual arts in the United States. It employed more than 5,000 artists at its peak in 1936, produced 2,566 murals, more than 100,000 easel paintings, about 17,700 sculptures, nearly 300,000 fine prints, according to www.britannica.com\/topic\/WPA-Federal-Art-Project<\/a>. Like the WPA program, art to be a vehicle for innovation, creativity, and economic development during a time of national crisis.<\/p>\n

In this case, Jackson, Ike, and Julie are ahead of the curve. This commission financially supported Jackson, whose passion is sculpture, while creating a unique work that, in many ways, represents the spirit of the Belva Lockwood Inn itself.<\/p>\n

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Tim Jackson applies his signature to his work. Photo credit: Chris Knickerbocker.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis has been a difficult time,\u201d Jackson admitted. \u201cThis sculpture \u201cwas my way of saying \u2018we\u2019re going to get through this and we have to keep pushing forward.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about the Belva Lockwood Inn, visit www.belvalockwoodinn.com. To learn more about his work, to see his portfolio, and to donate vintage metal tools, wheels, and other implements, visit www.timjacksondesigns.com.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the Tioga Arts Council, visit www.tiogaartscouncil.org, or call (607) 687-0785.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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