#FollyArt

[follyfaun]

The first and only Sun I've ever drawn, done a while back lol

[orange-artblog]

drew this for myself 😁 i love my wife!!!!!

[orange-dreamzer]

@theguywithaoriginalname

Has anyone done this specifically yet?

[maryaspontlemus]

In July, Andrés Lemus-Spont (my partner in life and in some of my creative work) and I were invited to be artists-in-residence at Folly Arts, a new organization in southeastern Ohio cofounded by artists Kate Hampel and James Pepper Kelly.

Throughout our weeklong residency, Andrés and I each worked on our own projects, with his mostly involving building a large-scale interactive sculpture from salvaged natural materials outside along a local highway, and mine mostly involving writing and editing indoors. Together, we led our first out-of-state FrankenToyMobile workshop (photos here and here) as part of Glouster First Fridays—a monthly community event sponsored by Dirty Girl Coffee, a badass local coffee company with “a social mission to promote women’s economic progress in Ohio’s Appalachia.”

On our breaks from creating, we visited a nearby state park and parts of Athens, and even attended a neighbor family’s Fourth of July party. We met a number of local creatives, arts supporters, and other residents, including a few dozen youth who participated in our workshop. Thanks to Folly’s wonderful cofounders, we also got to chat with Ohio-based musician Brian Harnetty (a recent A Blade of Grass Fellow for his Forest Listening Rooms project; see video), play with their delightful toddler, and eat seriously artful and delicious meals!

The Folly residency was such a warm and warming experience, with incredibly supportive, encouraging, and thoughtful hosts—both amazing creators in their own right—and surrounded by curious and welcoming community members. I felt very honored to be invited to Folly Arts so early in their journey and am excited to see how they grow.

Images: Two of the photos show a sizeable sculpture made from branches tied together into pentagons, which in turn form a hollow three-dimensional shape that hangs from a tree; Andrés stands on a ladder in one image and talks to two men in the other. Another photo shows various writing/editing materials (a laptop, binder, index cards, post-it notes) arranged around an armchair. The fourth photo shows Andrés in the woods. All photos by Marya Spont-Lemus.

[galeriehetraadhuis]

Vandaag waren we bij de opening van follyart in Norg. Een folly is een bouwwerk zonder functie, object in de buitenlucht, landschap art, vermaak architectuur en kunst in de openbare ruimte. In het mooie landschap rondom Norg zijn in een route van 6 km. 20 folly’s te bewonderen. Onze vrienden Ton de Vreede en Reinier van den Berg ontwierpen een folly, maakten een maquette en werden uit 70 inzendingen gekozen. Ze bouwden, naar mijn mening, één van de mooiste folly’s. Hierbij een kleine impressie van een gezellige en interessante dag. De folly’s zijn dagelijks te bewonderen tm. 1 september. Zie www.follyartnorg.nl #folly #follys #norg #drenthe #galeriehetraadhuis https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wAh7HJLfb/?igshid=umpt9o4mov7c

[orange-dreamzer]

@theguywithaoriginalname

this did well on twitter so it goes here too. the aspens see what you do to their peers

[follyfaun]

More soft Fool anybody?

GITM Fool, Sideshow, Sunspot, and Soleil belong to -> @venomous-qwille

[follyfaun]

Inspired by chapter 21 of GITM

GITM Fool.exe -> @venomous-qwille

[follyfaun]

GITM Fool and Cricket -> @venomous-qwille

[orange-dreamzer]

@theguywithaoriginalname

This is basically what happened right

[follyfaun]

They up to no good

GITM Fool and Misuta belong to @venomous-qwille

[follyfaun]

GITM and Fool belong to @venomous-qwille

[follyfaun]

Clip shenanigans

GITM Clip belongs to @venomous-qwille

[orange-dreamzer]

@theguywithaoriginalname

day 99

[follyfaun]

GITM Soleil -> @venomous-qwille

[follyfaun]

GITM and Soleil belong to @venomous-qwille