THE DIORAMA

STEPHANIE JUSTICE: The interiors of this dollhouse have been created from various elements of film photography (film canisters, spools, film boxes etc). Serving as a self portrait and a representation of the hands-on manner in which the artist chooses to create art, this dollhouse diorama has been placed at a historic facade located on River Road in Louisville.

MICHELE MONTGOMERY: plans to move to Seattle, Washington to work as a fish monger and live a creative life. Placing her diorama in front of Englewood Elementary in Old Louisville, this artist reminds us of the importance of creativity in public education and the education one also receives by traveling to new places. 

AMANDA BATES: This diorama has incorporated various public monuments onto an architectural landscape as a way to suggest that these structures connect us all globally. Placed in the international food section of a Kroger in Prospect.

SHIRIN BOLHARI: This artist smiles with her grandmother while asking her audience to "take a closer look." The idealism of the white picket fence serves to ironically question what a personal home and space may be to those who have immigrated from another country. Suspended from a tree in the artist's neighborhood, Louisville.

SAMUEL COONEY: Using a guitar case as a diorama, this artist incorporated wood shavings and plant life in it's interior as a way to speak of regeneration. Dust to dust and life renewed. Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville.

OLIVIA PERKINS: Using her fingers to create a puppet show, this diorama brings the importance of solving crime back to light. Artist performed in her front yard in New Albany, IN. 

KYLE STEWART: Reminiscent of dinosaur dioramas created as a child, this artist chose to depict a prehistoric scene combined with contemporary army men figures. Challenging viewers to contemplate the various losses of our natural environment,  the degradation of print generations also serves as a metaphor for lost quality. Wheat pasted to a telephone pole at Bradley by Warnock, Louisville.

MATTHEW BLANAR: Photo Box placed in SAC Building at University of Louisville as a way to encourage curiosity and lightheartedness during test-taking or anxious times. Students and faculty were invited to peer into box to see themselves as a clown as the artist stood nearby to document.

KATIE ETHERIDGE: Painted balloons placed within a public park boundary as diorama space. Artist stated, "If you tear down a forest, you need to recreate a natural environment." Message seen at night via glow sticks.

KRISTIN WUNDERLIN: Altered bunnies placed in natural cove within a park area of Bowling Green's Starry Nights Music Festival. These bunnies have their own ideas.

IRENA TRAN: A diorama recognizing hip hop music with headphones attached around the diorama box and placed in Toys-R-Us, Louisville. 

DAVID CONRAD: Soldered wire, painting and Fortune Magazine clip out. This diorama was influenced by the book, "The Stranger" by Camus. A nebula has been depicted in outer space to encourage us to contemplate our significance. "I never saw a U-Haul in the back of a hearse." Under i65 on Market Street, Louisville.

BRITTANI ROSIER: "All is Quiet on The Western Front" book, carved from the book's pages into a scenic landscape to become a diorama. Placed onto a shelf in the Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville for the unexpecting viewer to find.

BRIGID WATTERS: A diorama created to acknowledge global warming. With the Louisville city landscape seen in the background, this artist placed her polar bears alongside the various cement animals located at Lynn's Paradise Cafe, Louisville.

ADAM MESCAN: Using a trashcan as a diorama, a lit and whimsical scene of toys living inside has been created for residents of downtown Louisville apartment complex to discover. There are many things that we pitch that can be recycled or brought back to life.