The International Route 66 Festival in Victorville, Calif., is about a month away. Efforts to spruce up the town before the event seem to be creating a few nice side effects, reported the Victorville Daily Press. Marcy Taylor stood under the scorching sun Monday in Old Town, painting a white car on a blue wall … Continue reading A nice side effect for the upcoming festival
Category: Art
Unique art project makes its way down Route 66
A Canadian artist and his assistant are towing a uniquely designed art project down Route 66 with a 1989 Volkswagen Westfalia. The artist stopped at the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame & Museum on Thursday, reported the Pontiac Daily Leader. The sculpture made of a dozen angled mirrors, called Seed Engine. Artist Randall Anderson of Toronto … Continue reading Unique art project makes its way down Route 66
Two Oklahoma acts will play show for Route 66 art project
Rockabilly artist J.D. McPherson and punk-rock band Broncho will play shows Wednesday night at the historic Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa to raise money for Public Arts Project 66, which seeks to add public art along Route 66 in Oklahoma. More about the art project can be found here: https://youtu.be/nP2Eg4gcOik The show also will serve as … Continue reading Two Oklahoma acts will play show for Route 66 art project
A quilt four years in the making
Joyree of Oklahoma started work on a Route 66 quilt in June 2008. Yesterday, she finished it. The quilt is huge, and it's fairly elaborate. She explains: https://youtu.be/rhHP_3oxK7M Joyree is enthusiastic about getting it done; her effervescence makes this long-ish video a lot more entertaining that you'd expect. Verlinda Magby at Oklahoma Quiltworks designed it. … Continue reading A quilt four years in the making
Route 66 before-and-after goes interactive
You may remember University of Tulsa artist Natalie Slater and her art-photography project, where she melded old photographs of Route 66 sites with modern-day ones at the same angle. Slater is taking it one step further: More about Slater and her project can be found at her Mother Road Revisited site. It bears a strong … Continue reading Route 66 before-and-after goes interactive
Impressive authors and artists list at Tucumcari festival
A few days ago, Kevin and Nancy Mueller at the Blue Swallow Motel asked me to check out the list of authors and artists slated to appear at the inaugural Wheels on 66 festival on June 7-9 in Tucumcari, N.M. I have to admit, for a first-year event, the list is pretty darned impressive: Christopher Robleski, … Continue reading Impressive authors and artists list at Tucumcari festival
Tulsa Art Deco Museum opens today
The Tulsa Art Deco Museum, dedicated to that city's abundant style of architecture, opens today in the lobby of the downtown Philcade Building at 511 S. Boston Ave., reported the Tulsa World. More about Tulsa Art Deco, from a 2008 film by Jack Frank: https://youtu.be/rkMQdEW6v5A Local artist William Franklin, president and founder of the museum, … Continue reading Tulsa Art Deco Museum opens today
The finished 3-D sidewalk mural in Pontiac
During the Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor Festival in Pontiac, airbrush artist Tang Dongbai spent the weekend painting a three-dimensional sidewalk mural downtown. Here's the finished product: He finished the mural last Monday, but the artwork was barricaded for two more days until the paint cured. I believe one of the fish in the painting … Continue reading The finished 3-D sidewalk mural in Pontiac
Sculpture will be installed at Tulsa’s Avery Plaza this summer
The much-delayed "East Meets West" sculpture will finally be installed later this summer at Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza in Tulsa, reported the Tulsa World. The City Council heard an update this week on the $1.2 million Vision 2025 project, which likely will have its official unveiling in October after it arrives and is assembled, and … Continue reading Sculpture will be installed at Tulsa’s Avery Plaza this summer
Inside Ramone’s House of Body Art at Cars Land
The Disney Parks Blog posted this video of auto designer Chip Foose painting pinstripes on the interior of Ramone's House of Body Art. Foose acknowledges the influence of Route 66 in his designs: https://youtu.be/CW62cNbncNo Ramone's is part of Cars Land in Disney California Adventure park. (Check out the Cars Land site, while you're at it. … Continue reading Inside Ramone’s House of Body Art at Cars Land