http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/nyregion/long-island/19Rwpa.html?hp
Sunday, April 19, 2009
First Steps
Every dream has a beginning.
The ideas for turning Boyd, Kentucky into a small artist haven have been kicking around in my head for years. There is no mistaking this project is going to take huge amounts of time and dedication by everyone involved along with big buckets of money.
Basically, those are realities. Money and time. The more time and money dedicated to this project, the greater the number of artists the Nebo Road Arts Foundation can offer the gift of living free and the ability to create in Boyd, Kentucky.
Now we are focusing on the beginning. The plan is simple. Progress in small steps. When added together over time, these small steps will build Nebo Road Arts into the community we are someday hoping to see in Boyd.
The first tiny step is the The Little House project that just got underway. The house has been gutted down to the bones and is getting a full rehab from the top down. A small addition on the back of the home will create a new bathroom and laundry area while updating the heating and cooling. With a new metal roof, windows and other remodeling, this two bedroom home will accommodate two artists and is a quick thirty second walk down Nebo Road to the future studio space in the old Spicer General Store building which is in the beginning phase.
We see Nebo Road Arts as a place that if it affords just one artist a place to live and create, it will be a success.
Tiny steps moving toward great things.
First Step: Little House Project
One of three rooms in the 3000 sq ft old Spicer General Store Building
The ideas for turning Boyd, Kentucky into a small artist haven have been kicking around in my head for years. There is no mistaking this project is going to take huge amounts of time and dedication by everyone involved along with big buckets of money.
Basically, those are realities. Money and time. The more time and money dedicated to this project, the greater the number of artists the Nebo Road Arts Foundation can offer the gift of living free and the ability to create in Boyd, Kentucky.
Now we are focusing on the beginning. The plan is simple. Progress in small steps. When added together over time, these small steps will build Nebo Road Arts into the community we are someday hoping to see in Boyd.
The first tiny step is the The Little House project that just got underway. The house has been gutted down to the bones and is getting a full rehab from the top down. A small addition on the back of the home will create a new bathroom and laundry area while updating the heating and cooling. With a new metal roof, windows and other remodeling, this two bedroom home will accommodate two artists and is a quick thirty second walk down Nebo Road to the future studio space in the old Spicer General Store building which is in the beginning phase.
We see Nebo Road Arts as a place that if it affords just one artist a place to live and create, it will be a success.
Tiny steps moving toward great things.
First Step: Little House Project
One of three rooms in the 3000 sq ft old Spicer General Store BuildingNYC Artists Losing Space
A story in the NY Times describes another loss for local artists working to create in tough economic times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/nyregion/19pointz.html?_r=1&hp
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Cynthiana Democrat Commentary
A really nice commentary from Cynthiana Democrat reporter Kate Darnell talking about the fire at Katie Bell's home in Boyd.
Cynthiana Democrat Boyd Fire Story
An article from the Cynthiana Democrat detailing the arson fire in Boyd, Kentucky destroying Katie Bell's tobacco barn and home.
Otis Milner and his crew tearing the second story of the Katie Bell home down following the arson fire at her farm in Boyd, KY.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Boyd Fire 2008
The fire on December 27 in Boyd, Kentucky started by an arsonist destroying the Bell Family three story tobacco barn. The fire spread by high winds across the road to Katie Bell's historic home nearly destroying the 1910 Sears and Roebuck home.
Scary but true.... at the very time the arsonist was setting the fires in Boyd, the domain names artistincubator.org and artistincubator.com were being registered in New Hampshire and plans were being made to begin rehabbing homes for the artist in residence project at the farm .
Katie Bell's historic three story tobacco barn completely burned due to arson fire
Saturday, May 17, 2008
The Big House on the Hill
This is the project I am just chomping at the bit to get started. A renovation of the home up on the hill and on some 80 acres will bring this early 1900 (or earlier) home back into shape. Adding a small addition on the back of the home for a modern kitchen, bath and master suite will be needed to really make it a useable space.
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