I Love Lucy

JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK'S CONNECTION TO LUCY DESI

Jamestown’s Claim to Fame

BiographyLucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26,

1989) was an American comedienne, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here’s Lucy and Life with Lucy. She was one of the most popular and influential stars in America during her lifetime.

Bio~Continued

Her ashes were initially interred in Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, but in 2002 her children moved her remains to the family plot at Lake View Cemetery in Jamestown, New York, where Ball's mother, father, brother, and grandparents are buried. Ball was among Time magazine's 100 Most Important People of the Century.

NoticingSmallest work, Located on Post Office, 10’ x 10’, also Brick and Mortar, completed in 1999First installment, used 3 gallons of paint and took 4 days to complete.

The Stamp

The Factory

NoticingAlleywayBrick and MortarFactory Feel2nd Installment -

2000

Remembering the Episode

NoticingLargest Work3rd Installment-2002ConcreteParking Ramp16 days to complete35’ x 80’Corrugated surfaceQuack Elixir

Remembering the Episode

Lucy~DesiNoticingSame as VitameatavegaminOnly work to include co-star and husband Desi Arnaz.

Wordle~ Mind Map

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2703993/I_love_Lucy

Experiential Activities

-Art--Students will aesthetically generate/construct a work from a moment taken from a television show or performance of their choosing.-Theater--Students will act out a choreographed scene or performance within the classroom.-Math-- Students will be able to create equations for transferring small images to large areas accurately.-History--Students will be able to discuss the historical importance of comedy in early American works, and provide examples.

Personal Connections

-Fond Memories of watching reruns from “I Love Lucy” as a child with grandparents on T.V. Land.

-Friends with the Artist.

-My wife's stepfather purchased Lucille Ball’s birthplace home, and his first wife continues to reside there to this day. (69 Stewart Ave.)

About the ArtistGary Peters ~Born 1-25-1950, in Jamestown

General Hospital.Career ~Retired Elementary School

Teacher, taught grades 5-6 in the Jamestown district. Gary was also a certified art teacher. The Stamp was his first job following retirement.

Education ~BA. Millikin University of

Decauter IllinoisMA. Fredonia State of New York

Ryan Saunders and Gary Peters

The Process1cm. to 1 foot equation, gridded onto a computer, projected onto butcher block paper, stenciled using a stiletto onto the building in grids, and spray painted through the holes onto the walls themselves creating the pattern/design blueprint. Same concept that provided Michelangelo the opportunity to paint the Sistine Chapel. Future Projects/Murals -Buffalo Bill Cody, and his Wild West Show advertisement for the troops historic showing in Jamestown.-Roger Tory Peterson surrounded by birds. ( Nature Conservationist)-Rubin Fenton ( Politician, 22nd Governor of New York)-Robert H. Jackson ( Supreme Court Justice)-Roger Goodell (NFL Commissioner 2006-present)

Aesthetics and Pedagogy

Key IdeasHow individuals view the installations

depends on there own experiences with Lucille Ball, whether they have enjoyed being entertained through her works?

The works provide deep meaning and a sense of pride to the city of Jamestown, for producing individuals of historical significance.

Lines of InquiryHow long will the works last in terms of

weathering ?How does there presence effect locals

vs. tourist?What limitations were set for the artist?Have these works met the expectations

of the financiers/commissioners of the projects?

What other images were considered, but not chosen?

It was interesting to me that these instillations and future works are in the skilled hands or a retired educator. Gary Peters also participates in the Jamestown city arts council, attends downtown Jamestown Develop Corp. meetings and is a continuing advisee with the Gebby Foundation which is responsible for the funding of Jamestown’s Lucy murals.

The murals bring attention to Jamestown’s history with Lucy and develop inquiry and investigation within the hearts and minds of admirers and onlookers. Historically Jamestown was a manufacturing hub and as it has many abandoned factory buildings some art on the walls really does go a long way toward creating beauty in the city.

Lucy’s childhood home in Celeron ( 59 Lucy Lane), Gary Peters painted this house.

I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways. Lucille Ball

69 Stewart Ave. Lucy’s birthplace.

Lucille Ball- D

esi Arnaz M

useum in

Jamestown, New York

Desi Arnaz band shell and bronzed statue of Lucy located

in Celeron N.Y.