Revivir

Artists

Ellen Babcock, Bethany Delahunt, Lindsey Fromm and Aline Hunziker with Highland students Hilary Weir, Gabe Thompson and Desiree Marmon.

Our organization’s first major project, Revivir was created by students at Highland High School as the very first iteration of The Highland Project. This project received funding from the City of Albuquerque Public Art Program and was awarded an Americans for the Arts, 2013 Public Art Year in Review Outstanding Public Project Award. Recently, Revivir’s lot was bought and the sign was taken down. It will be displayed at a future Route 66 Visitor’s Center.

Under the direction of lead artist Ellen Babcock,  FOS members worked intensively with Highland High school students from January-June, 2011, to develop designs for a sign at 4119 Central Avenue. Forming an after school art club, the FOS team introduced digital graphic design skills, critical thinking exercises and exploratory field trips to the teens as part of a collaborative design development focused on this particular orphan sign. Funding by the Albuquerque Arts Board, support from property owner Matthew Terry, and expert production by Sign Art Co. of New Mexico came together to produce the backlit, neon-lined sign that showcases the artwork of Highland students Hilary Weir, Ellie Martin, Gabe Thompson and Desiree Marmon.