If you happen to be walking through some Madison neighborhoods, you may notice a peculiar anomaly: poetry embedded in the sidewalk. It’s part of a project aptly named “Sidewalk Poetry.”
Jack Kear is a board member and Chair of the Arts Committee of the Marquette Neighborhood Association, who inherited the project when he joined the association 4 years ago. He says “Sidewalk Poetry,” was inspired by similar installations in Minnesota. The idea is to connect people to their neighborhoods, create a sense of place.
In this edition of Radio Chipstone Kear treats contributor Gianofer Field, to a reading of a poem by Madison Poet Laureate Sarah Sadie Busse entitled "Somewhere Piano Again":
Material culture contributor Gianofer Fields curates the Radio Chipstone series. The project is funded by the Chipstone Foundation, a decorative arts foundation whose mission is preserving and interpreting their collection, as well as stimulating research and education in the decorative arts.
