The Louisville Paper

Check out the link below to the inaugural issue of The Paper.
Here you will find a great article written by Julie Leidner on
our Push the Envelope project.

                                                             photo: The Louisville Paper 2011

www.thelouisvillepaper.com

Local News Coverage

I wanted to share with you the local news coverage from the unveiling of our public art project, Push The Envelope.  This, of course, is a short clip and Russel and I want to thank all of you who came out to support us and our project.  It is an honor to be a part of such a great community!

Thank you to Metro Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer,  Center For Neighborhoods P.A.I.N.T. program director Hallie Jones, & Tim and Nick Cain of Zeppelin Cafe.

~Shelley Vaughn Hulsey

Public Dedication

PUSH the ENVELOPE, KY

I am thrilled to share with you that on June 21st Mayor Greg Fischer and Center For Neighborhoods unveiled our public art work, Push the Envelope, KY. With a wonderful turn out my husband and I shared our joy with Schnitzelburg, family and friends. We are very honored and proud of our work and excited to see how the public continues to respond to the work over the next year. 

Push the Envelope is a unique interactive art work in which the public is encouraged to participate.  The Envelope is a large pop art sculpture addressed to the Universe with two slots on the right side, PUBLIC and PRIVATE. Participants can place letters, drawings, hopes, prayers, into one of the two slots. 

We will be collecting the contents of the PUBLIC slot and posting it on our Push the Envelope blog to share with the community and even using it as a tool to communicate with the Schnitzelburg neighborhood council (ex: voting for the #1 citizen). We, however, will not view the contents of the PRIVATE slot as they will remain anonymous for the duration of the project.  At the end of one year, the contents of the private slot will be shredded into a pulp and used as a fertilizer as a part of a ceremonial tree planting in the Schnitzelburg neighborhood. The site of the tree will be announced at a further date. The ceremony will bring the hopes, dreams, and wishes of the community "to life" as a part of a living tree!

Keep updated through this blog or our facebook page. 

Interview with WDRB FOX News 

                                             Photo: Aron Conaway, 2011

Shelley Vaughn Hulsey, Russel Hulsey, CFN director Hallie Jones, Mayor Greg Fischer

 Photo: Richard Deatz, 2011

                                                  

Shelley Vaughn Hulsey & Russel Hulsey

                                                           Photo: Christie Hora, 2011

Public Art

Photo: Shelley Vaughn Hulsey

This is a photo of a little crafty fun I was having while waiting for paint to dry.
It represents my excitement for Public Art! We have been having such a great time working on
Push the Envelope and have really started to see the positive effects it is having on the community
even before it goes public.

How do I use this envelope?

Push the Envelope is a unique interactive giant, oversized - Pop Art influenced -  sculpture of an envelope bering specially designed Schnitzleburg postage.  We encourage all residents to deposit their communications into the easily accessible slots on the right side of the sculpture itself. The artwork is mounted to a track, which allows you to "Push the Envelop" by sliding it from left to right. Send your dreams, prayers, thoughts, and concerns to the Universe! 

This project symbolized that the community can support the dreams and desires of everyone through the simple, symbolic act of pushing the envelope. The envelope sculpture serves as a container for the collectives' hopes, visions and aspirations of the greater community.

The PUBLIC slot is for neighborhood residents to deposit genuine comments, cares, and reasonable requests pertaining to the Schnitzelburg neighborhood itself.  These comments will be read monthly and catalogued on a public FaceBook page by the artists in partnership with the Schnitzelburg Area Community Council.  Residential feedback, ideas, and communications will be taken into consideration, and the neighborhood association will be utilizing the sculpture for specific purposes (ex: nominations for the #1 Citizen).  This project offers an easily accessible and open process for engaging in civic affairs and promoting critical democratic discourse.

The PRIVATE slot on the sculpture is addressed to "Our Heart's Desire".  Communications placed into private slot will remain 100% confidential, and will never be viewed or read by anyone.  The content inserted into the private slot will remain anonymous for the duration of the project.  At the end of one year, the contents of the private slot will be shredded into a pulp and used as a fertilizer as a part of a ceremonial tree planting in the Schnitzelburg neighborhood. The site of the tree will be announced at a further date. The ceremony will bring the hopes, dreams, and wishes of the community "to life" as a part of a living tree!

Deposit your letters, prayers, notes, drawings, hopes, dreams, and wishes into the sculpture!

Look for updates and photos on our facebook page. 

Push the Envelope, KY

Push The Envelope, KY

FOLLOW LINK BELOW:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Push-The-Envelope-KY/228767497138607

a little history.

Our initial introduction to Center For Neighborhoods was in early 2009 through a program they initiated called P.A.I.N.T.  (Producing Art in Neighborhoods Together). We were invited to submit a proposal for a public art work that would last the duration of one year.  Once web were selected to participate we went straight to work.  

Check out more photos on our facebook page!

Push The Envelope, KY