What is (Y)ART?
This past Sunday, August 25th, some hundreds gathered in the backyard of an East side home for (Y)ART?, a feast of South Bend’s artistic talent conceived and organized by Lauren Steinhofer. Paintings lined makeshift fences, children performed cartwheels through a garden, and musicians played between a shipwreck scene and model television set.
For some, the city became an entirely new place in this backyard. And for others, this was an exposé of talent that has long existed in South Bend but too often lies hidden in garages and hole-in-the-wall studios.
So at six-thirty, equipped with two rolls of film, a Pentax K1000, and incoming “what is yart?” texts, I joined the gathering. This is what I saw.
Ryan Blaske sporting a vintage Indiana Beach tee.
AIRIAR, a band comprising Eli Kahn, Tom Nania, Arthur Schroeder, performs inside the TV set built by Lauren Steinhofer and Jay Jeffcoat while kids do cartwheels.
Eli Kahn performing with Tom Nania and Arthur Schroeder as AIRIAR inside the TV set built by Lauren Steinhofer and Jay Jeffcoat.
Bradley Davenport, artistic director of Mosaic Studios & Gallery, screen prints custom (Y)ART? tees.
Bradley Davenport, artistic director of Mosaic Studios & Gallery, screen prints custom (Y)ART? tees.
HEYZEUS performs on the Shipwreck Stage built by Lauren Steinhofer.
HEYZEUS performs on the Shipwreck Stage built by Lauren Steinhofer.
HEYZEUS performs on the Shipwreck Stage built by Lauren Steinhofer.
Russell Frantom works on a large-scale painting amidst the crowd.
The robot formerly sleeping at Langlab with texture space called “moss” painted by Lauren Steinhofer, Joey Hiben, and Bradley Davenport.
An interactive light sculpture by GIIIVENS.
Kyra McAndrews running inside GIIIVENS’ light sculpture.
GIIIVENS inside their light sculpture.
Light sculpture by GIIIVENS.
Light sculpture by GIIIVENS.
“The creativity is why the river runs backwards.”
(Y)ART? was conceived and organized by Lauren Steinhofer. For a full list of artists and vendors, visit the official Facebook event page.