Part neighborhood sign, part public art, this project was completed with the active participation of the Christian Park neighborhood. Community members made the ceramic tiles, which were then glazed by the artist and assembled onto the poured concrete form. The result is a beautiful marker that both identifies the neighborhood and provides a sense of their beloved culture.
Jude Odell is a clay artist living in the Twin Aire neighborhood of Indianapolis. She holds a BFA in Crafts and Art ... view more »
Part neighborhood sign, part public art, this project was completed with the active participation of the Christian Park neighborhood. Community members made the ceramic tiles, which were then glazed by the artist and assembled onto the poured concrete form. The result is a beautiful marker that both identifies the neighborhood and provides a sense of their beloved culture.
Jude Odell is a clay artist living in the Twin Aire neighborhood of Indianapolis. She holds a BFA in Crafts and Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University and has been granted both an Individual Artist Fellowship and an Artist Project Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission and an Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Indy Arts council. She shows and sells her figurative claywork nationally in galleries and at juried shows, and creates clay installations and relief tile murals, mosaics, and painted murals.
This project was supported by a grant from the City of Indianapolis through the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center.
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