Creation Sessions for THE ASSEMBLY LINE are happening in March & April, 2024.

Come create with us! Kick off session will take place on Wednesday, March 6th from 4-6 pm upstairs in Building 3 at Ball & Socket Arts.

Tell Me More:

Become part of a brand-new, community-made, artist-led process as the whole town lends a hand to make our spring Artcade mural. Rashmi will lead the process through a series of participatory, hands-on workshops around town at Ball & Socket Arts and partner sites in March and April 2024.

The final collage will be publicly displayed in the Artcade outside of Building 2 in summer 2024. The piece will be a large-scale work, roughly 8 feet tall by 36 feet wide. The piece will be comprised of images cut from assorted photo prints to create an artistic townscape, composed of fragments of photographic prints that will resemble the architecture of an imaginary, but familiar landscape of Cheshire and nearby towns.

Photograph submissions may be uploaded on Ball & Socket Arts dedicated page between November 2023 to the end of April 2024. Please read the guidelines before submitting! Images will not be individually credited to the artist in the final collage.

Public creation sessions, led by the artist, will take place from March to April 2024 at an array of locations around Cheshire, including the Town Hall, the Cheshire Chamber, Artsplace, the Cheshire Public Library, and of course, at Ball & Socket Arts. If you or your organization is interested in hosting a session, please get in touch with us by emailing us at info@ballandsocket.org.

HOW DO I SUBMIT PHOTOS?

Use this simple upload link to submit your photos.

https://ballandsocketarts.smugmug.com/upload/87M3S7/communitycollage

WHAT PHOTOS SHOULD I SUBMIT?

The selection of photographs used in the collage will be a collaborative effort between the participants, Ball & Socket Arts, and the lead artist. General guidelines for photographs are as follows:

· Please submit your own photographs that feature primarily Cheshire (any era in time, historic to today). The photographs should be of houses, buildings, neighborhood landscapes and scenic areas. Neighboring towns are also allowed.

· Photographs of local public art are especially encouraged, as are images of the Town Green, Town Hall, libraries, schools, and images of road signs/road names (and manholes). Images of historic buildings, the Farmington Canal Linear Trail, religious sites, and local landmarks are excellent.

· Photographs promoting businesses or commercial properties will not be accepted.

· No posed photographs of individuals, prom photos, school photos, vacation photos, or team sports will be accepted.

· Landscape and architectural photographs with figures in the distance, are welcome.

· Participants may take photos using cameras or their cell phones set at high resolution. (Photos will be printed at 8 by 10 inches, so low-resolution photographs will look pixelated)

· Final photo selection rests with the lead artist.

· Images must belong to individuals submitting - their own images or film photos that they scanned. Copyrighted materials will be rejected. Please respect intellectual property. You may not submit images that were downloaded from the web of unknown provenance.

Upload your images (please only images you took!)

WHO IS THE ARTIST, RASHMI?

Learn more on her website here: http://www.artofrashmi.net/

See her past public artworks here: http://www.artofrashmi.net/newhavenpubliclibrary

WHAT IS THE ARTCADE?

The Artcade is a space for public art as visitors enter Building 2 up the ramp. To date, the Artcade has featured a mural by Arcy, and currently features a mural by Cheshire’s own Nina Chang. To learn more visit our website: https://ballandsocket.org/artcade.

WHAT IS BALL & SOCKET ARTS?

We are a community-led non-profit transforming the industrial spaces of the Ball & Socket Manufacturing Company into a community arts hub.

WHO IS SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT?

Our 2023/2024 Artcade season is funded by the Connecticut Community Foundation, with additional support provided by Ion Bank Foundation.