Where: University Gallery, University of Dallas, TX

Registration/cost: this is a free event, no registration required

Join us for an excursion…an expedition into public space about land use. We will visit a parcel of interstitial land where we can legally assemble at any time of day or night for a group art-making activity. In large, car-centric urban cities, most of the public land where you can legally assemble at any time of day or night are traffic islands. This is part of an ongoing project called Islands of LA that has been exploring the use of traffic islands as public space to foster discussion and create community.

On January 24th, we will take the DART to a traffic island in Dallas.
After a confab about the use of public space and the history of the island we will visit, we will engage in a group art-making activity that combines phenomenological experiences of the interstitial piece of land we will visit with critical dialogue and creative expression. The result of our activity will be installed in the gallery the following week. Everyone will be invited to participate in the installation.

The activity is a collaboration between LA-based Ari Kletzky, founder of Islands of LA, and Dallas-based Lydia Regalado, founder of Skirt Project, aka TRIKS.

WHEN: 1/24 from 1pm – 5pm or so
WHERE: Meet at the university gallery
WHAT TO BRING: Money to ride DART, a chair or blanket for sitting, snacks/water

Note: If the weather is bad, the event will be postponed for February 7th.