The Peekskill Project – Carla Rae Johnson https://carlaraejohnson.org Artist Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:53:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://carlaraejohnson.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-10-32x32.jpg The Peekskill Project – Carla Rae Johnson https://carlaraejohnson.org 32 32 The Peekskill Project https://carlaraejohnson.org/work/the-peekskill-project/ Thu, 14 May 2020 16:14:53 +0000 https://carlaraejohnson.org/crj/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=748

Work/Installations

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Work/Installations/Peekskill Project

Artist Statement

This installation, throughout Pugsley Park in the center of Peekskill, NY, was part of Peekskill Project 2004 sponsored by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA, now HV MOCA). For this installation, a commentary on the war in Iraq, every tree in the park was spray-painted with a non-toxic, water-based, red tempera paint from the ground to 5 ft. up.

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“Flood”.Installation in Pugsly Park for The Peekskill Project.2004.sprayed red tempera on tree-trunks, string, and tags with anti-war quotes
]]> Spirits of the Underground Railroad https://carlaraejohnson.org/work/spirits-of-the-underground-railroad/ Sat, 29 Feb 2020 01:38:17 +0000 https://carlaraejohnson.org/crj/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=312

Work/Installations/Peekskill Project

Artist Statement

This is an installation titled “Spirits of the Underground Railroad” created for Peekskill Project 2005. In front of a house known to be a site on the Underground Railroad, I installed 2 “bottle trees” and a fabric shadow of a running man. Bottle trees are a tradition in the Deep South. Evil spirits are believed to be captured in the upside-down bottles.  In this installation, the bottles are open and facing up to release the kind and caring spirits of agents on the Underground Railroad: those who aided escaping slaves in the 1800’s. A label on each bottle bears the name of an URR conductor.

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Spirits of the Underground Railroad . Running Shadow Projections Downtown for the Peekskill Project . 2005
Spirits of the Underground Railroad . Running Shadow Projections Downtown for the Peekskill Project . 2005
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