Encouraging creativity: Artist John Fleming gets help from Red Sandstone Elementary students to create art (photos)
A rendering of what the art will more or less look like. It's comprised of 18 steel blades representing a grove of aspens. These will flank a major walkway between the garage and the bus stop and pedestrian bridge area. The blades will be varying heights from 16 to 20 feet.
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Students check out the trees that were used for John Fleming's artwork Friday, Oct. 26, in Minturn. Looking at real aspens, they are better able to understand his ideas.
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Seattle, Wash., artist John Fleming explains to Red Sandstone Elementary School third-graders his inspiration for his artwork based off aspen trees Friday, Oct. 26, at Maloit Park in Minturn. He was one of 77 artists selected to commission artwork for the Red Sandstone garage in Vail.
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Red Sandstone Elementary third-graders put their ideas on paper to help artist John Fleming Friday, Oct. 26, in Minturn. Each student will have their artwork incorporated into the art.
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Seattle, Wash., artist John Fleming shows Red Sandstone Elementary School third-graders what scale is like Friday, Oct. 26, at Maloit Park in Minturn. He spent two days with the kids working with their ideas to bring back to his studio.
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On Saturday, Oct. 27, Red Sandstone Elementary students took their markers and creative ideas to help artists John Fleming get ideas for an instillation near the school.
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