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October Issue 2004
Support Trike Project to be Showcased During Sumter, SC's Accessibility 2004 Exhibition
Accessibility 2004 is a community-based project - designed for and by the Sumter, SC, Community. Sumter's sixth annual exhibition of installation and site-specific art, and the "NextWave Arts Festival" will both feature traditional and "cutting-edge" art and performance that will be presented and staged throughout downtown Sumter's streets, alleys, businesses, green-spaces and the historic Sumter Opera House from Oct. 1 - 31, 2004.
Support Trike is a comprehensive, large-scale art project that was designed by Columbia, SC, artist Rob McAdams. McAdams, a recent University of South Carolina MFA graduate, designed the Trike project to promote "seeing the world with a child-like sense of wonder." Through this project McAdams seeks to provide the general public with visual experiences that will encourage an interaction with both the art and the artist. McAdams also hopes to help the community tap into common childhood experiences and to rekindle a curiosity often lost in adults.
"By using commercial and fine-art production methods with popular cultural influences, I blur the boundaries between low and high art in an endeavor to have my work more inclusive," says McAdams. "If you see a large man pedaling a 'chopper tricycle' around Sumter, don't be afraid to tell him what you think of his creation. He may give you a free lithograph, t-shirt, trucker hat, sticker, or 3-D digital print and 3-D glasses."
"Rob's project fits in nicely with our concept of making the arts more 'accessible' to the general public," states, Booth Chilcutt, Cultural Director-City of Sumter, adding, "we are fortunate to have Rob participate in our annual Accessibility exhibition. Rob has already started working on his project by painting a sign on the outside wall of a local Sumter business, Imports LTD, on Sumter's Main Street. Local businesses have donated bicycle parts and paint for the project and he will be using local high school students to help him with the painting of another mural also located in Sumter's historic downtown area."
McAdams was born in Los Angles, CA, in 1969. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Art, magna Cum Laude, in printmaking and painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Fine Arts in Art Studio from the University of South Carolina. He believes in art for art's sake, generosity and bringing art out of the context of the institutions of galleries, museums and academia. The documentary of the Support Trike project's Columbia version has been completed and a new documentary covering the Sumter edition is already in production and will be included in the Support Trike DVD.
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Gallery listings, contact Booth Chilcutt, Cultural Director, City
of Sumter by calling 803/436-2616, e-mail at (bchilcutt@sumter-sc.com)
or at (www.sumtersc.gov).
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