Downtown Markham Voting Update -- keep on keepin' on

I was informed by email that the top three contenders for the $5000 commission prize are as follows:

Once again, I thought that I would drop you a note to update you on how the voting is going and to encourage all of you to continue your campaign.  Be reminded that voters may vote once a day but may also vote once a day on any given device.  Therefore, a vote sent via a computer may be also sent via an ipad or iphone on the same day. 

 

As an added incentive, I've taken the opportunity to advise you who is currently in the top 3 positions.  They are as follows;

 

1st        Olga Morschchinina

2nd       Susan Qu

3rd        Sean Andre Thomas

So, faithful voters/friends/supporters I am not in the top 3. But we can't be deterred! So we need to keep voting. This new information, that we can vote more than once per day on different devices is also intriguing. If this is something you can do, please do.

Vote for me at http://downtownmarkham.ca/publicart

Pushing for the Perfect City - vote vote vote!

 In a perfect city, the view from your window would be both calm and exciting.

Cast a votre for today my mural to win the @downtownmarkham mural competition. 

VOTE KATIE ARGYLE. VOTE DAILY.

  http://downtownmarkham.ca/publicart

And in the Perfect City... CITIZENS VOTE. (Vote for ME!)

CITIZENS! 

Visit www.downtownmarkham.ca/publicart 

and vote Katie Argyle to win a public art commission.

Are We There Yet? Downtown Markham Perfect City artwork installed

It's all done and the artwork, mine + the other 19, have all been installed. In their environment the giant boards look small. 

This was my first sighting of our work. The corner of Enterprise and Birchmount in Markham is a real live construction zone.

Looking for somewhere to park the car we drove by this on the opposite side of the street

And here we were headed toward the first panels which extend onto Birchmount

First four were here ...

then going this way....

we came to mine around the corner on Enterprise-- here it is in the center

my map legend

a few mascots

a few thoughts on what could make a perfect city

the artist and her work entitled  Are We There Yet?

Voting begins September 24th, 2013 to November 1st, 2013.

More on that to come.

20min to spare. Day #5 of 5 of Downtown Markham project

I arrived on site at 9:20am and finished at 4:38pm, with 20 min to spare. I'm satisfied with what I created for this project. 

All day long the work of the artists who didn't work on site filtered in while about six of us continued to push through the day to complete our work. The variety, and the depth of the work, is really amazing. What a great cross-section of style and concept. I am looking forward to seeing them all tomorrow when they are installed in their permanent construction-zone location. This is the corner of Birchmount Road and Enterprise Boulevard in Markham. Depending on how they fare in our climate, the boards could be up for a year! 

And with that, here's  my last day on this job, in pictures.

arrived early, but others were already working. cold this morning 11C and drizzle too

Ladies, when was the last time you felt safe sitting in a park at night by yourself?

started Scenic and it ended up looking like this

proceeded to Civil

look! drivers! signalling! yielding! how very civil!

hand heart 

I pulled the boards outside for touching up, and embellishing

and tried to get a full image of both boards together by standing on a chair

you get the idea here

I left my panels for the installers to take after my 2nd coat of sealant dried. 

Can't wait to see all 20 of us tomorrow!

Voting for your favorite work starts Sept 26th and runs to Nov 1st. I'll post more on that when I find out the details. 

I, of course, ask for your support!

Day #4 - one day left - feels like not enough

 I got to the site and prepared to make great progress on my piece today.

 As usual, I got comfortable, always preferring to work bare feet if at all possible. 

I had a full coffee on hand

 a vague idea

a favorite 6B pencil to refine those ideas as I sat on my stool in front of my work in progress.

Today I moved back to my original spot by the fence at the back. They have some kind of lawn irrigation system at the front where I was yesterday. Since it was hot, it was ok to have damp feet all  day, but today was cooler, and overcast, so it was tolerable back there. Plus I discovered I could prop my boards up off the grass using rocks from the rock pile, so I was feeling pretty smug about today's set-up.

I finished one medallion: Diverse

worked on Safe (not ready for publication--needs work) and began Efficient

when the skies opened up. I dragged my boards into the big tent and spent the rest of the day learning how to paint when your dibond aluminum boards are propped up on bricks so they don't get flooded from the rain and the wind, all the while 

ducking as the tent's loose sides fly in over your head. The sides need to be open cause otherwise it is too dark.

After I went for coffee, I completed Efficient

Then added this guy

beside the Affordable medallion, which was also completed.

Tomorrow is the last day. I need to finish all of the outer border, add details to the interior map, do touch-ups and the remaining 4 medallions, including this one, which was a personal challenge for me today.