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LSD Bulletin Board

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Public art based billboard project located at the corner of Armitage Ave and N Humboldt Blvd.

A billboard used as a bulletin board for art, ideas and messages curated by Land and Sea Dept.

Alex Scott / Arts of Life

We partnered with Art of Life organization in Chicago for “Smiley Sun” by artist Alex Scott.

Arts of Life advances the creative arts community by providing artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities a collective space to expand their practice and strengthen their leadership.

Alex Scott was born in 1987 and is a Chicago native. Known for his use of reduced forms and flat, bright colors, Scott’s fresh, direct approach appeals to our human yearning for simplicity and the nostalgia of childhood.

Josue Pellot

This installment of the public art based project is called “City of Conversations” and is an on going studio project with PS408 Custom Fabrication Studio. It is meant to be a movement of conversation rooted in mindfulness and positive change. This billboard is the first 2021 piece. Artist collaborations and text based pieces will follow.

Ryan Travis Christian

“CRYIN’ RYAN”. Painted early last winter in the throes of the pandemic, he said of the piece, “Long story short, I missed people. And this image was an extension of longing to hang out with my stupid friends.”

Sean Gannon

“Smoke Tunnel” evokes Bugs Bunny's tunnel trompe l'oeils — two red eyes floating in a frame filled with hazy plumes of smoke. "Delusions of too big of a hit," Gannon says. Sean is an artist and painter based here in Chicago, whose bold, graphic work often draws on elements of the city.

Joey Garfield

Joey is a lot of things: A filmmaker, photographer, and multi-disciplinary artist. He also happens to be the mayor of a special place that exists right in front of your eyes, if you look hard enough. It’s a place called M oundtown.

These mound creations are a playful way to celebrate the diversity in nature coupled with the spontaneity of street art and photography. Each image encourages the viewer to have a sense of wonder, a bit of humor and an awareness to our environment. This particular mound is named Maxx. It is made of gravel, rocks, and drink coasters which were appropriated from a restaurant in the very near vicinity of this billboard.

Alex Hupp

LSD Bulletin Board 006 is here from our buddy Alex Hupp, a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist, who specializes in photography and design (you might recognize some of his pics from our social medias).

The image on the Bulletin Board is from his photo book: Chicagoland. Chicagoland is Hupp’s second self-published book. He’s been shooting the photos in the book for roughly 5 years, living his life first (working a wide range of odd-jobs) and always having his camera by his side.

“I created Chicagoland for two types of people: First, for us Chicagoans, the people who make this area unique and beautiful. Secondly, for the people who have never visited Chicagoland, to celebrate this city and to hopefully paint a better picture than what the media or the coffee table books at Barnes & Noble have.”

Kenneth Williams / Thresholds

LSD Bulletin Board 007 comes to us from Kenneth Williams. It's featured in support of the exhibition, Artists First: 25 Years of Studio Art at Thresholds at the Chicago Cultural Center

Thresholds provides services and resources for persons with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in Illinois. The exhibition introduces a compelling group of outstanding artists who are living with challenges and building from them daily; making work that speaks directly to our shared humanity and intersectional diversity.

Edra Soto

Chicago-based Edra Soto brings us LSD Bulletin Board 008. Edra Soto is a Puerto-Rican born artist, curator, educator, and co-director of the outdoor project space, The Franklin.

Soto’s “Open 24 Hrs.” series retrieves as artifacts empty liquor bottles scattered over time across the ground in East Garfield Park. Clean, stripped of their labels, and presented as still lifes, the containers are transformed into objects of contemplation.