An Art Opportunity and the Field Project

Field 6-8-2014

Morning Glories at edge of field.

I have news of an art opportunity for my readers.  There is a contest going on that I think some people may be interested in taking part.  Unfortunately, it is only open to people in the United States.  I hope that my readers in other countries will be interested in viewing the results.  However, if you live elsewhere and wanted to participate, I think the issue is the postage.  It might be worthwhile to email to see if you could have it shipped to an American address and then have it forwarded at your expense.  I don't know if they will go for that or not.  This is just a thought as they mentioned the postage issue somewhere in something I read about the contest.

I received news of this contest from an art newsletter email I received.  There is a contest going on called Mystery Build.  It is sponsored by Jerry's Artarama, a company that has been in business since 1968.  The Mystery Build contest is in it's third year.  This year giving out $21,000 in prizes. 

Ubiquitous weeds.

 

So here is the scoop, or at least as much of it as I can give you.  The company has created a package of various and sundry art and craft objects.  Every package is the same.  You order the package, for which there is a fee, and build an assemblage from the bits and parts.  The build is based on a theme of their choosing.    You photo document your build and submit them along with the photo of your completed project.  There is a panel of judges and a public vote to determine the winners.  There are a number of rules that apply.

To get in on the contest, go to MysteryBuild.com for the full details and order your kit.  I cannot tell you any more than that.  We are not allowed to discuss what is in the box or our plans.  In fact, I cannot even blog about my build until after the closing of the submission period.  So you won't be hearing more about this project until the end of October. 

FYI: the kits became available in November, so some people have had them for a few months already.  Depending on what you decide to build, you are already pushing the envelope for completion by the final submission date in October.  As some of my regular readers know, some of my mixed media assemblages can take months to build.  So if you are planning on getting in on this contest this year, order your kit pronto!  Otherwise, consider waiting until the next kit comes available in November.

It is Sunday, and after a break for a holiday; and because of our ongoing rebuild of our home,  I am back to taking a picture of the field each Sunday.  At this point, the field has remained disappointingly the same.  I was hoping for some crop that changed significantly.  I have come to the conclusion that whatever is in the field was actually planted there when they harvested out the corn stalks from last year.  The field is way too uniform to have just come up naturally.  The crop (?) still has flowers on it that resemble peas, although the leaves don't look like any pea that I have seen.   Anyway, it is what it is, and so you have today's field picture. 

Although the plants in the field don't appear to be getting any larger, the weeds on the edge of the field are shooting up.  The wild morning glories are starting to come out.  Funny story, they used to all have purple flowers.  Then I planted blue morning glories around my lamp post.  That year, all the morning glories in the field turned blue and remained that way for years.  I have not planted morning glories in a long time.  It was only in the last year that the morning glories have started to revert back to their purple color.