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    The CityCanvas project aims to convert the wooden boards covering construction scaffolding into spaces for art exhibitions. This will improve the pedestrian experience and provide opportunities for artists. ArtBridge, a non-profit, is collaborating with galleries to bring art from galleries onto the streets. Emerging artists are financially assisted. Previously, ArtBridge displayed art on construction sites, which was later recycled into bags sold to benefit women. The current project partners with Google to feature works by female artists around their Chelsea offices. One artist highlighted issues of public interaction through her piece. The projects transform unused spaces into areas beautified by art.

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    The CityCanvas project aims to convert the wooden boards covering construction scaffolding into spaces for art exhibitions. This will improve the pedestrian experience and provide opportunities for artists. ArtBridge, a non-profit, is collaborating with galleries to bring art from galleries onto the streets. Emerging artists are financially assisted. Previously, ArtBridge displayed art on construction sites, which was later recycled into bags sold to benefit women. The current project partners with Google to feature works by female artists around their Chelsea offices. One artist highlighted issues of public interaction through her piece. The projects transform unused spaces into areas beautified by art.

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    The CityCanvas project aims to convert the wooden boards covering construction scaffolding into spaces for art exhibitions. This will improve the pedestrian experience and provide opportunities for artists. ArtBridge, a non-profit, is collaborating with galleries to bring art from galleries onto the streets. Emerging artists are financially assisted. Previously, ArtBridge displayed art on construction sites, which was later recycled into bags sold to benefit women. The current project partners with Google to feature works by female artists around their Chelsea offices. One artist highlighted issues of public interaction through her piece. The projects transform unused spaces into areas beautified by art.

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    EXTRA READING AND WRITING PRACTICE 1


    Read the text and answer the questions that follow.

    Under Construction: Bringing Art to the Streets


    I At any given time, across the city of New York, there are almost 500 kilometres of wooden boards covering
    the lower part of construction scaffolding just above street level – which are known as sidewalk sheds.
    The CityCanvas project, launched by the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), aims to convert these
    sheds, which are part of construction sites, into spaces for art. Not only will this improve the experience for
    pedestrians, but it will also provide opportunities for artists to present their works to the public.
    II ArtBridge, a non-profit organisation in New York City, has teamed up with the DCLA in this project and will
    be collaborating with some of the city’s most prestigious art galleries to bring gallery-quality art out onto
    the streets for everyone to see. While showing off their talents and having their creations seen by the
    general public, emerging young artists are also assisted financially by ArtBridge.
    III
    ArtBridge has been involved in similar projects in the city. Back in 2013, it had artists display their work on
    large sheets of vinyl stuck onto wooden boards around construction sites in different neighbourhoods. The
    works were temporary, so when the boards came down, the huge vinyl sheets were recycled by homeless
    and unemployed women to make bags, which were sold for $55 at ArtBridge’s studio in Chelsea, with the
    proceeds being shared by the non-profit organisation and the women.
    IV
    For the first part of the CityCanvas project, these organisations have teamed up with the Internet giant,
    Google, to find talented female artists to decorate the scaffolding sheds around Google’s offices in the
    trendy neighbourhood of Chelsea. One of the artists, Danielle Mastrion, drew attention to the fact that
    nobody in New York makes eye contact with other people by painting a huge pair of eyes looking down.
    Mastrion also believes it’s very important that this first project involves mostly women because street art is
    V so dominated by men.
    These amazing projects show how otherwise ugly, unused spaces can be transformed by art to brighten up
    our cities and strengthen our communities.

    1 Choose the correct answer.

    1 The objective of the CityCanvas project is … .


    a to sell vacant space to artists to exhibit their work
    b to decorate construction sites and help artists to expose their works of art
    c to pay young artists to install art from galleries on construction sites
    2 ArtBridge’s 2013 project … .
    a also helped young female artists
    b turned words of art into something else
    c sold large works of art in its gallery
    3 Danielle Mastrion’s work focuses on the issue of … .
    a getting more men involved in street art
    b using images of women in street art
    c city residents not looking at each other

    2 Answer the question.

    What are the aims of the CityCanvas project?


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    1
    Name:

    3 Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Find evidence in the text to justify your
    answers.
    1 The DCLA wants to remove the sidewalk sheds. ......
    ................................................................................................................................................................
    2 The CityCanvas project is the first time anyone has thought of decorating construction sites with art. ......
    ................................................................................................................................................................
    3 The previous ArtBridge project can no longer be seen in different neighbourhoods in the city. ......
    ................................................................................................................................................................

    4 Find words in the text that mean:

    1 began an activity (paragraph I) .............................


    2 people walking near streets (paragraph I) .............................
    3 helped; aided (paragraph II) .............................
    4 show; exhibit (paragraph III) .............................

    5 Write a composition of about 100-150 words. Choose ONE option.

    1 Write about some ways you think the appearance of your city could be improved.
    2 Describe a work of art that made an impression on you.

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