Birmingham Artists and Builders Partner To Elevate Vision of Local School Children.Business Editors BIRMINGHAM, Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. .--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2003 Over 3,000 Birmingham City School Children will get a bird's eye view of the 20th Annual Magic City Art Festival. EyeBeam: a Construction and Art Collaboration is celebrating its second year of teaching lessons on the creative process of construction. The sculptural building project will feature a 30-foot-tall tower powered by a periscope periscope (pĕr`ĭskōp) [Gr.,=view around], instrument to enable a person to see objects not in his direct line of vision or concealed by some intervening body. Its essential parts are a tube, prisms, lenses, mirrors, and an eyepiece. providing an aerial view of the artist booths and interactive art activities in the park. Eyebeam is a partnership of Operation New Birmingham (ONB ONB On Board (philately; Zeppelin mail designation) ONB Operation New Birmingham (Alabama) ONB Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austria) ONB Optimal Normal Basis ) Magic City Art Connection, and sponsoring participants from the region's contractor and architectural communities. The 20th Annual Magic City Art Festival will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 26 & 27th in Birmingham's Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] Park (across from City Hall). Birmingham City School Students will be bused to the art festival for interactive activities on Friday, April 25. On Saturday and Sunday children attending the festival with parents will have the opportunity to add to the construction project of archways, pyramids and other structural designs. "The committee of artists, architects and contractors came up with the idea of the visionary tower. It speaks directly to the creative and visionary program. We want to reach children and to introduce them to the creative process that is part of the construction industry," said Robin Paulding, Eyebeam project co-founder. "Construction is the engine that drives our national economy. It is an industry that people associate with banging hammers, but it requires creativity and the ability to think on your feet. This link between art, the creative process and building is the inspiration for our program." The Magic City Art Festival is ranked #12 nationally among Juried Art Festivals by Sunshine Artist and more than 24 states are represented by participating artists. Under the direction of Eileen Kunzman, co-founder of Eyebeam, the Magic City Art festival has grown to an attendance of over 30,000. The effort includes outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. to 30 area elementary schools elementary school: see school. and interactive art experiences for 3,000 to 5,000 students. The Eyebeam project partners include: Operation New Birmingham Magic City Art Connection; BE&K Construction, Brasfield & Gorrie, Brice Building Company. Bruce Adams of Brice Building Company is the 2003 Eyebeam Program Chairperson chairperson Chairman The head of an academic department. See 'Chair.', Cf Chief. |
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