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W <br />Bending Color: a Community Art Collaboration <br />North Carolina Community Partners: <br />Textile Artist: Marguerite .Jay Gignoux; facilitator <br />The pARTnership program of North Carolina Museum of Art <br />Orange County Arts Commission <br />Central Orange County Senior Center <br />Under the direction of textile artist, Peg Gignoux a dynamic sculptural textile work will be designed <br />and created for the central atrium of Orange County's Recreation Facility in Hillsborough, NC. <br />The sculptural work: BENDING COLOR will be comprised of thirty strands containing multiple <br />trapezoidal textile forms suspended from a graceful armature that fits to the large prominent curved <br />wall in the Sportsplex atrium. The free moving strands will contain over 180 two -sided textile collages <br />made from hand printed cotton and silk. Each stitched collage will be roughly 7" X 9" with <br />six forms hanging per strand. Viewed together they will offer an ever - changing abstract landscape of <br />lyrical shapes that perform beautiful bends with numerous color shifts. They will float and move <br />quietly; responding to the energy and activity level of the visitors to the building. This kinetic work, a <br />layered composition of multiple arcs of'complex colors honors the notion of movement. The <br />recreational facility houses both a skating rink and pool and serves an active community of young and <br />old. The process of creating the work will be cumulative and collaborative and is designed to artfully <br />engage diverse populations. The entire sculptural installation will measure 60" H X 190 " W X 7 "D. <br />Gignoux will engage youth, families and seniors in the creation of this kinetic work in cloth. Gignoux <br />will conduct a series of hands on surface design workshops at the NC Museum of Art during the <br />autumn of 2005. In January 2006, seniors at the Central Orange County Senior Center will continue the <br />work by adding colorful layers of hand stitching to the collaged forms begun at the museum. The <br />installation site requires additional lighting and painting prior to installation. <br />Estimated completion date: March 2006. <br />Proposed time for reception: Week of May 15 -19 (to coincide with National Senior Week) and <br />potential ground breaking ceremony for renovations for new Senior Center at the Sportsplex. <br />Proposed Timeline for Completing Textile Proiect: BENDING COLOR. <br />August <br />Gignoux creates and photographs maquette of proposed sculpture (three strands to scale: silk and <br />cotton, machine stitched) <br />Meet with Director of Senior Center and director of OCAC: schedule January workshops, <br />Meet with Fire Marshall for installation guidelines <br />September <br />Gignoux research/ design armature design for artwork <br />