The Atlantic Center for the Arts residency program took to the skies with WINDART, a residency featuring over 30 international kite and sky artists. WINDART, a project-oriented residency, featured three master kite artists: Tal Streeter, sculptor, sky artist and author, led "WINDART Sculpture: Beyond Modern Kites;" Katsutaka Murooka, kite artist, aerial photographer, and architectural designer, led "WINDART Technology and Aerial Photography;" and Marc Ricketts, kite performance artist, architect and holder of an important art kite patent, led "WINDART Events and Performance." Artists, inventors, photographers, composers, poets, and dancers worked on innovative collaborations, from sculpture to performance art. The residency culminated in a Kite festival coordinated by Stuart Allen, held on the beaches of New Smyrna, Florida. This residency was sponsored in part, by the City of New Smyrna Beach and The Drachen Foundation.
Paul Smith, ACA National Council member and Director Emeritus of the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, conceived and organized the three-week residency, in conjunction with Tal Streeter and ACA programming staff.
Master Artists
Katsutaka Murooka Aerial Kite Photography
Marc Ricketts Kite Maker and Kite Theatre
Tal Streeter Artist/Kite Maker
Distinguished Guest Artists
Stuart Allen, USA environmental sculptor, photographer
Philippe Cottenceau, France kite artist, poet
Joanna Haigood, USA dancer, choreographer, dance theatre director
Ina Kozel, USA fabric artist
Ray Merry, USA artist, kite inventor, kite manufacturer
Kirsten Sauer, Germany kite artist
Jean-Marie Simonnet,
And Marie Simonnet, France kite art/sculpture team
Martin Skoog, Sweden kite photographer
Scott Skinner, USA kite artist
Associates:
USA
Chris Benton
Patricia Burgess
Spyder Carneol
Ken Conrad,
Virginia Dena Dan
Xenia Diente
Bruce George
Heather Henson
Rhett Johnson
Cassandra Jones
Elise Knudson
Billie Grace Lynn
Priscilla Troy
David Wagner
Europe
Tomas Jeckel
Outreaches
Parent/Child Kite Making Workshop, ACA
Volusia County Teachers Kite Making Workshop, ACA
InsideOUT, presentation of works by artists, ACA
Public Kite Festival, 27th Ave. Beach, New Smyrna Beach
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