Locks of Love

9 months ago

Locks of Love

Good Morning I hope life is treating you well

For todays post I am sharing a New Art Piece here in New Bedford a Sculpture by Keith Francis which I think is called Locks of Love

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I do love when a city embraces art, and to be h9nest when I retired, stopped working in NYC ( which has so much art) and moved here to new Bedford, i was not expecting to see much art here, but I have bene pleasantly surprised to find a lot of groups supporting art here.

This piece and events around it are part of a LovetheAve initiative to bring the Acushnet Ave into a better state and draw in more visitors and is supported by the following groups MassDevelopment #TDI, Community Economic Development Center, New Bedford Creative.

Now you may wonder how I find out about these art pieces, initially when I moved here it was just luck if I happened to drive by and see it, but of recent that has changed a little.

Wherever i live I try to find the beauty in the area get out and explore take photos and share them in local groups on Farcebook and here I felt it was even more important to do so, as many people here are critical of the city, and before moving here I got the impression it was a not very safe place in someways, but we moved here anywhere to be close to family, and hey in my travels I have lived in some really rough places honestly it did not seem that bad to me.
Well people seem to appreciate that I am highlighting the good side of the city and occasional someone may message me to ask if I can take photos of this or that, and in this case to tell me about a new Art installation.

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And thats how I found out about this piece, a group called 3rd Eye Unlimited a community youth support group that hosts various events with music and dance for the youth community messaged me to tell be about it before it was unveiled, they are also part of organizing 5 weekly events at this little park on Wednesdays, where locks and paint/markers are provided so people can write message son them and add them to the ropes on the sculpture

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I will admit that my photos do not do the piece justice the times I have bene there to get photos clouds have moved in and its been grey and dull

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Some of the locks I mentioned earlier,I think its cool they have spread it to 5 weekly events to bring in more of the community and to add to the piece

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and a single lock with a nice message to close out the post

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And that’s all folks

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26 comments

@lanzjoseg 77

9 months ago

I will admit that my photos do not do the piece justice the times I have bene there to get photos clouds have moved in and its been grey and dull

I think that if they do justice, because somehow I manage to capture what in a very basic way, but with a very abstract art reflect and give to understand what the figure expresses, when we see it we only know that it is a big heart, and what better way to express a feeling of love, than with a heart.

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@tattoodjay 81

9 months ago

👍🙂👍

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9 months ago

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9 months ago

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9 months ago

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9 months ago

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@bozz 80

9 months ago

That is a pretty cool piece. Kind of like that bridge in Paris I think it is. I am sure they have things like that all over the place. I like that they choose to highlight it here and give people a way to write a little something down and share in the art.

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@tattoodjay 81

9 months ago

Yes there is the famous Bridge in Paris, I did see it but never added a lock LOL

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@avdesing 73

9 months ago

What a beautiful work of art! It's fabulous to go around looking for these beauties, art, I love it! And I really liked this one.

Thank you very much @tattoodjay 😀

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9 months ago

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@wrestlingdesires 71

9 months ago

What a nice project :) It's great that you were asked to feature it!

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@tahastories1 66

9 months ago

Yes it's really a nice art piece.

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@tattoodjay 81

9 months ago

yeah that was so cool

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@jlufer 79

9 months ago

how are you dear friend @tattoodjay good morning
I love street art, and it's good that the city where you have moved there is a lot of art in the streets to appreciate and enjoy
I appreciate all the information about this beautiful work
have a nice day

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@tattoodjay 81

9 months ago

Thanks kindly your support is appreciated

Have a great day

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@tahastories1 66

9 months ago

This is really an impressive lock of love. There are so many locks.
Interesting thing is that by reading just the title I suddenly thought about Rape of the lock ( an Epic Poem by Alexander Pope)

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@tattoodjay 81

9 months ago

it is such a cool piece I must revisit and see if there are more locks now

I will have to check out that poem

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@steven-patrick 71

9 months ago

Cool installation and cool that you are able to contribute to the community with your photo promoting the good in the area 👍

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@tattoodjay 81

9 months ago

Thanks kindly your support is appreciated

Have a great day

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@silverd510 77

9 months ago

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9 months ago

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