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"It's a different kind of art form than what's normally exhibited," said Marie Profant, heading up the project to benefit the foundation created in memory of her late father -- the John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts, which offers scholarships in art, dance, music, theater and literature. The finest of the creations will be displayed in the window of Saks Fifth Avenue, 1001 State St., at the end of July before being auctioned or sold. Some of the less fragile fans may be waved in August's Fiesta finale. "We wanted to involve the visual arts as well as performers," Ms. Profant said. On Tuesday, a gaggle of artists gathered at Art from Scrap to root around in the center's collection of donated material that would otherwise have been destined for the landfill. There, among the barrels of film cannisters, fabric off-cuts, electrical wire, skate-wheel shavings, plastic ivy leaves, foam scraps, plastic lids and lots of curious bits and pieces of unknown origin, lay the inspiration for many a fanciful fan. "Everybody does something so different," said Hedy Price Paley, clutching some black trim, a scrap of purple fabric and a handful of colored plastic rods she planned to incorporate in her piece. "It's going to be fun to see everyone's fans when they're finished." Five-year-old Malia Profant-Jungeret had already completed one fan Tuesday -- a black-and-purple creation adorned with rounds of green plastic, fake flowers and tiny Minnie Mouse stickers.
Anything goes. Patricia Carlson is sticking with her favored craft, creating a stained-glass fan -- a red, green and white creation blooming from a rose. "The colors remind me of the fiesta colors," she said. For more information on the Fan Project, log on to
www.profant.org or call 682-8184. |