Trust Art and Kidd Yellin present 5 Social Victories, an exhibition dedicated to charting the evidence, processes, communities, and achievements surrounding five visionary public art projects, including the School of the Future by Cassie Thornton and Chris Kennedy, Wildness by Seth Aylmer, Humani...
You are Cordially Invited to 5 SOCIAL VICTORIES
Trust Art and Kidd Yellin present 5 Social Victories, an exhibition dedicated to charting the evidence, processes, communities, and achievements surrounding five visionary public art projects, including the School of the Future by Cassie Thornton and Chris Kennedy, Wildness by Seth Aylmer, Humani...
Our Heart is Broken! We Offer Flowers.
The fountain has been broken. You can find the fully story in this New York Times article:
Heartbreak at a Monument to Humanity
If you are in Greenpoint/Brooklyn, please help us adorn the fountain with flowers until we can replace its heart. These are the first flowers. Your offerings ar...
Perfume Fountain in Public Park
BROOKLYN, NY - In Greenpoint's McGolrick Park a fountain has been installed that emits an all-natural fragrance which carries across much of the park's landscape. The fountain is the work of public artist Anne McClain and a team of five other Brooklyn-based artists. The project was inspired by th...
Dreamers Pay Homage to the Great Art Festival, Burning Man
Brooklyn, NY - Burning Man, on its 25th anniversary as an art-based Metropolis, is emerging as the next chapter of the Dreamers project, a series of group portraits of self-identified ‘dreamers’ that photographer and street artist Justin Tellian has been shooting in urban centers around the world...
A Message to Our Old Friends and Shareholders
Welcome to our new home!
We have been hard at work on this new website, and now it is time for you to tell us what you think.
Every shareholder now has a profile on this site that reveals their 'shares' in the different projects and gives them a way to give part of their shares to friends...
Dinner Party Announced for Public Art Shareholders
In the spirit of the dinner parties that became the founding spark for the Statue of Liberty, the founders of Trust Art are inviting shareholders to a potluck dinner party on the Brooklyn rooftop known as ‘the pirate ship’ by its neighbors. The theme of the dinner, according to a released stateme...
West Coast Philanthro-capitalist bets $10,000 on Public Art
Rafe Furst knows a thing or two about betting. The enigmatic and self-professed “possibilities accelerator” became known for his winning hands at the World Series of Poker, and his investments in innovation and social entrepreneurship through The Black Swan and the Presumed Abundance Fund.
DVD from Ben Franklin Found!
In an unlikely Fourth of July story, a wooden DVD found by a Brooklyn resident at a nearby park contained a message from Ben Franklin and the source code for a new public art website.
The message says: “My children of the future, I am uploading my public art website, Trust Art, to the inter...
