Otis College: "Laton Live: Painting Main Street"

For eight months in 2009, led by Suzanne Lacy, Chair of the Otis College of Art and Design MFA Public Practice Program, Otis students traveled to Laton California in the San Joaquin Valley. There they explored how art could support local agendas and contribute to the small and struggling rural communities. This video documents one project, to revitalize the downtown by painting the local businesses. Other videos to follow.

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• Otis
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• art
• design
• MFA
• public
• practice
• Suzanne
• lacy
• Laton
• community
• rural
• san
• Joaquin
• valley

[par3caddy]

It seems as though some of these businesses can use some simple and fuctional landscape designs to add texture and soften up the hard edges of the buildings. There are alot of available drought tolerant and colorful California native plants to choose from nowadays. Thank you for this entry.

[Trottbrown]

well done, looks really great. Nice to see young artists actually thinking about community and improving the lives of others, rather than about becoming the next "thing" in a gallery. Great job, weel done !