Kurt Perschke?s RedBall Project - Toledo Museum of Art

Category: Arts - Visual

Event Date:

Friday, August 14 - August 23, 2015

Time:

11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Location:

Various locations in Toledo

Phone:

419-255-8000

Event Details:

The much-anticipated arrival of artist Kurt Perschke’s RedBall Project will take place Aug. 14 at the Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion. Part of the Museum’s Play Time exhibition, the RedBall Project is a 250-pound red, inflated sculptural installation that has been squeezed into unexpected spaces in cities across the globe – Abu Dhabi, Paris, Toronto, Sydney and Montreal, among them. Around the world viewers have become participants as they bounce, photograph, discuss and explore their city in new ways.

Perschke has selected 10 locations to place the RedBall during its stay in the Glass City. Each day the 15-foot-in-diameter red ball will go to a different site, ending back at the Museum Aug. 23, this time on the Peristyle Terrace.

Here is a schedule of where the public can view the RedBall Project in Toledo:

Friday, Aug. 1411 a.m. to 6 p.m., Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion, 2444 Monroe St.

Saturday, Aug. 15: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Toledo Farmer’s Market, 155 S. Superior St.

Sunday, Aug. 16: 1-8 p.m., Across from Fifth Third Field, corner of Huron and Washington

Monday, Aug. 17: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Toledo Edison Building, 300 Madison Ave.

Tuesday, Aug. 18: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., ProMedica Steam Plant, Corner of Madison Avenue and Water Street. RedBall will be located in a window facing Promenade Park. The artist will discuss the role of public art in city spaces with Halona Norton-Westbrook, co-curator of the Play Time exhibition, and others during a free panel discussion at noon in Promenade Park.

Wednesday, Aug. 1911 a.m. to 6 p.m., Roulet Jewelers, alley between 405 S. Madison St. and 413 Madison St.

Thursday, Aug. 20: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., North Erie and Adams Streets, alley between 338 N. Erie St. and 340 N. Erie St.

Friday, Aug. 2111 a.m. to 6 p.m., Boyd’s Retro Candy Store, 954 Phillips Ave.

Saturday, Aug. 22: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Side Cut Metropark, Located in Lock #1

Sunday, Aug. 2311 a.m. to 6 p.m., Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Terrace, 2445 Monroe St.

 

Visit playtime.toledomuseum.org for exhibition details and redballproject.com to see the project around the world. Admission to the Museum and the exhibition is free. Note: Events are subject to change.


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