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“PANTA RHEI: Everything Changes, Everything Flows” by Carol Bradbury
four column installation, expanded media
The Lied Center is proud to partner with Lawrence Public Schools in providing free arts experiences to all students in the district each year. From school-only performances to Third Grade Theatre Arts Day to educator workshops and more, integrating the arts into the lives of the next generation is at the core of our mission.
In celebration of our 25-year partnership with Lawrence Public Schools, from 1994 to 2019, the Lied Center invited over 600 third and fourth grade students and their art teachers to participate in a unique and interactive art experience led by artist Carol Bradbury. The result—a visually stunning installation of four lobby column wraps that the artist evolved from students working and playing together.
Note from the artist: This work inspired me to think about the importance of play and the profound effect that our interconnectedness and our individual actions have on the world. Using the students’ marks as “prima materia,” I played with and pushed their work to reveal four motifs that transform the students’ collective energy into an explosion of color to redefine the lobby as a liminal space, preparing us for the magic of the performance to come.
Thanks to the students at Lawrence Public Schools and to the art teachers for embracing the experience and passing it onto their classrooms.
– Carol Bradbury