CONNECTIONS: Moving Quotes

Whether you’re a quotations junkie who keeps notebooks of profound blurbs, or a “happenings” aficionado who loves spontaneous art, or a person who enjoys conversations with strangers, there is something for you in Mike Garibaldi Frick’s traveling public art project, Dialogue. From July through December (and maybe beyond), Frick’s nine 7x8-foot freestanding screens and several life-cast statues covered with thousands of inspiring quotations will be on view in California, Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, Idaho, Washington, D.C., New York, Illinois, Florida, and South Dakota.
Some of the themes addressed include character, community, creativity, life, love, strength, success, and wisdom, and the project seems to inspire a lot of contemplation and conversation. Maybe it’s because it offers much more than an invitation to look; viewers are also invited to write their own insights in a book for others to read. Selected quotations have been published in the third edition of the Dialogue Project book and will be added to the screens as the project tours so viewers can read what people in previous cities have written. To find exhibition dates and more information, go to DialogueProject.net.

Betsy Robinson