The Village Project

An arrangement of hundreds of tiny clay homes and intricate vine sculptures – each created by a participating community member – linked together into a patchwork of organic shapes. The Village Project was conceived 25 years ago by artist Denise Minnerly and collaborator Don Bracken and expanded in Waterbury by ASAP!, an arts-infused organization.

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The Village Project brings together communities from across Connecticut to express personal and universal aspirations of home and community. The exhibition is an arrangement of hundreds of tiny clay homes and intricate vine sculptures – each created by a participating community member – linked together into a patchwork of organic shapes. The Village Project was conceived 25 years ago by artist Denise Minnerly and collaborator Don Bracken. The exhibition has traveled to galleries, colleges, and museums.

 

The project was expanded by ASAP!, an arts-infused education organization, by bringing the artists together with Waterbury youth. Nearly one hundred students discussed their ideas about home and community, then constructed their own tiny homes and vine sculptures to add to the exhibition.

Waterbury

Academic Academy
Brass City Charter School
Carrington School
Center for Youth Leadership
Children’s Community School
F.J. Kingsbury Elementary School
Jonathan Reed Elementary School
Maloney Elementary School
Regan Elementary School
Wendell L. Cross School
YMCA Waterbury Afterschool Program

Connecticut

Alibis Program
Bridgeport School System
Brien McMahon Peace Project
Chappaqua Central School District
Community Cooperative Nursery School
Firing Circuit Studios
Green Farms Academy
Hinesburg Community School
Horizons
Kean University
Kids in Crisis

Lionheart Gallery
Lichtenstein Arts Center
Malta House
Norwalk Community College
Open Door Shelter
Oktoberfest at Pound Ridge
Rowayton Farmers Market and Library
Senators Community Foundation
Silver Hill Hospital
South Norwalk Peep Art Show
Stepping Stones Museum
YMCA Greenwich

ASAP! is an arts-infused education organization whose hands-on programming fosters awareness of how the arts, humanity, and learning are interconnected. To learn more about ASAP! please visit their website asapct.org

Don Bracken received the Connecticut Office of the Arts’ “Artists Respond” grant, which helped make this project possible.