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在考爾德舞台(Calder
Stage)上表演的太平洋小島舞者(Pacific
Island Dancer)，1999年
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藝術節：美國第一大全為自願者(All-Volunteer)藝術節
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一件作品如何創造出一件龐然大物？簡單，只要它能激發全市來共同舉辦一個大型的藝術節即可。這是發生在密西根州的大湍城的真實事件，它的城中廣場放有一個巨型的雕刻作品。
1969年，一種稱做stabile
(固定雕塑。唸做stay-beal)的靜物抽像雕像被安置在城中的市政廳前，它是由二十世紀的美國藝術家考爾德(Alexander
Calder)所創。考爾德的固定雕塑是將呈曲線形狀的平面金屬焊接在一起，而且常被漆為紅色或黑色。他的固定雕塑是一件充滿遊戲感及富於想像的創造品，放置在公園及購物中心內，看來十分的搶眼。自雕像被安置在市政廳以後，大湍城的居民就開始想他們需要舉辦一場藝術節，來歡慶考爾德的作品。更重要的是，他們需要一場藝術節慶來慶祝西密西根的藝術。
所以，1970年時，藝術節正式誕生。這個連續三天的藝術節始於六月的第一個週末在大湍城的市中心舉行。吸引了數以千計的藝術家前來參加。節慶從一開始的幾家貨攤及食物小販演變成美國境內最大的全自願者藝術節，約有超過20,000名的自願者及500,000多名遊客前來參加。它的場面是如此的浩大，幾乎擴及所有的城鎮。這真是一個巨大的節慶！
How can a piece of art create a monster? Easy, it can inspire an entire city to hold a huge arts festival. It happened in Grand Rapids, Michigan, when a gigantic piece of sculpture was installed on a downtown plaza.
In 1969, a type of stationary abstract sculpture, called a stabile (pronounced stay-beal), was installed downtown in front of City Hall. Twentieth century American artist Alexander Calder created it. Calder's stabiles are constructed of flat curving shapes of metal welded together and usually painted red or black. His stabiles are playful, fanciful creations that look great in parks and plazas. Once the sculpture was in place, the people of Grand Rapids started thinking that they needed an arts festival to celebrate Calder's work. More important, they needed an arts festival to celebrate the arts in West Michigan.
So, in 1970, Festival was born. This three-day arts celebration, held the first full weekend in June in downtown Grand Rapids, attracts thousands of participating artists. Festival has grown from a few booths and food stalls into the nation's largest all-volunteer arts festival, with more than 20,000 volunteers and more than 500,000 people attending. It has grown so large that it is spread out over almost all of downtown - that's a monster of a festival!
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