Art's a Ball

I am participating in the Art's a Ball Public Art Project to benefit the Frederick Arts Council and hopefully the piece will be selected as one of the 250 out of a possible 1,000 to be sold.

Here is a nice top view of the ball I designed and produced. The decals on the wings were custom made using decal paper. Once I printed them out, I had to cut them by hand using an xacto knife before wetting and applying them.

Process

You can see the whole process in my Flickr Set: Art's a Ball.


So ... what is it for?

The Frederick Arts Council in collaboration with the Frederick Keys is sponsoring a public art project entitled “Art’s a Ball!”, which will feature 1,000 artist-decorated baseballs on display throughout the community. The baseballs will be put on public display at various locations in Frederick County from July 1 to August 15, 2008. “Art’s a Ball!” will culminate at the 2nd annual Art in the Park night, scheduled for August 29th at Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick, Md. The baseballs will then be auctioned off or sold outright, with proceeds going to benefit the arts in Frederick County. Professional, amateur, student, and celebrity artists are being engaged in this community-wide initiative.