Inspired by Tools of the Trade

Carnegie Art Center, Three Rivers, MI, June – August 2010
Artists take their inspiration from a host of sources internal and external, personal and universal,
sacred and profane. . . but one of the many things we have in common is a “connectedness”
with the tools that we use to explore ideas and create our work.

For this exhibition, I asked a group of Kalamazoo area artists to consider their tools in a more conscious way,
to allow their imagination to dwell on the things they use on a daily basis to create their work,
to look at the tools they may take for granted in a new way. . .

Show Statement

Vince Faust, Page-to-Stage, multimedia installation

“Page-to-Stage“ is a graphic representation of the workflow process and tools involved in the interpretation of a stage script into a scenic design, using the musical “West Side Story,” as produced by Western Michigan University Theatre, as a case study. Vince Faust illustrates the path through his development concept, visual research, preliminary sketches, computer modeling, design refinements, production rendering, stage-set model and color trials all the way to a section of the actual scenery.