Aluminum Pour

On Friday, October 2nd, 2015, the Department of Art and Art History at DePauw University will welcome the Sculpture Trails Traveling Foundry for a Community Aluminum Pour.  Community members of all ages are invited to come create an original piece of art, cast from 100% recycled aluminum. 

During the open carving workshops in Peeler Art Center, held on September 21^st through September 24^th from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, participants carve their design into a sand block.  On October 2^nd at 11:30 AM in Peeler 103 the Sculpture Trails founder, Gerry Masse, will present an open discussion on environmentally and socially sensitive art practices titled “Art, Matter, and Art that Matters: Working in the Non-Profit Art Sector”.  Following the lecture, the foundry team will spend the day casting aluminum into the carved tiles, an increasingly rare art making process that involves heating and pouring molten metal into a carved or formed mold.  The Aluminum Pour will take place from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM in the back courtyard of Peeler Art Center.  All events are free and open to the public.  Carving tiles are limited to the first 200 participants.

Sculpture Trails is a non-profit organization based in Solsberry, Indiana dedicated to giving communities access to first-hand experiences with art in natural settings.  Through a series of projects, including the Traveling Foundry, the Outdoor Museum, and Iron Pour Workshops, Sculpture Trails is committed to environmentally and socially sensitive art practices.  The organization hosts artists of all skill levels and ages on-site and in communities across the country, allowing direct experience the historic art of metal casting in a natural setting.

Support for the Traveling Foundry Event is generously provided by the Department of Art and Art History Carol Bowers Norris Endowed Artists/Speakers Series Fund and the Public Occasions Committee.

Public Events

Carving Workshops
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Monday, September 21^st through Thursday, September 24th 2015
105 Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, 10 West Hanna Street, Greencastle, IN 46135
Community members of ALL ages are invited to carve their own original sculptural design into a sand block. Advanced Sculpture students will be present to assist participants with the design and carving process.
free and open to the public

Public Lecture by Gerry Masse, Founder of Sculpture Trails
11:30 AM Friday, October 2, 2015
103 Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, 10 West Hanna Street, Greencastle, IN 46135
“Art, Matter, and Art that Matters: Working in the Non-Profit Art Sector”
free and open to the public

Aluminum Pour
1:00 PM to 10:00 PM Friday, October 2, 2015
Courtyard, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, 10 West Hanna Street, Greencastle, IN
Come watch as 100% recycled aluminum is melted and poured into sand blocks carved by community members, creating finished art tiles.
free and open to the public

Contact 
Lori Miles, Department of Art and Art History, DePauw University
lmiles@depauw.edu, 765 658 4336