Levering Orchard Ladder Projects
In 2007 Frank Levering, owner of Levering Orchard in Ararat, VA, gave me over 100 of his old worn out ladders. By 2023 I had used them to create 19 temporary installations from Long Island to Wisconsin and Atlanta to Martinsville, and Blacksburg, VA. Each was done with deep gratitude to Frank for his generous support. He gave me his ladders because he believed in me as an artist… I’ll never forget that!
Scroll through to see documentation of all of the installations.
Two Worlds, an installation in Flossie Martin Gallery and 4 sites on campus, Radford University, Radford, VA 2002
Two Worlds, an installation in Flossie Martin Gallery and 4 sites on campus, Radford University, Radford, VA 2002
Two Worlds, an installation in Flossie Martin Gallery and 4 sites on campus, Radford University, Radford, VA 2002
Rise Up Piedmont, Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, VA, 2006
Rise Up Piedmont, Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, VA, 2006
Rise Up Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, 18'x4'x4', 2008
Rise Up Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, 18'x4'x4', 2008
Sometimes, Islip Museum, Long Island, New York, 2008
Hope Remains, 100 old orchard ladders reaching 60' tall, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC, 2008
Hope Remains, 100 old orchard ladders reaching 60' tall, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC, 2008
Hope Remains, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC, 2008
Hope Remains, 100 old orchard ladders reaching 60' tall, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC, 2008
Now I Lay Me, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011
Now I Lay Me, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011
Education, Alum Ridge, VA, site specific installation in the Alum Ridge School building, 2013, click image for the history on this project.
Now I Lay Me..., Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech University, 2013
Now I Lay Me..., Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech University, 2013
Known/Unknown, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 2015
Known/Unknown, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 2015
Known/Unknown, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 2015
Known/Unknown, Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, 2015
After the Last Supper, Armory Gallery, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, 2019
The Cloud, Farm Art/DTour - Fermentation Fest, Sauk Count, WI, 2020
The Cloud, Farm Art/DTour - Fermentation Fest, Sauk Count, WI, 2020
The Cloud, Farm Art/DTour - Fermentation Fest, Sauk Count, WI, 2020
The Cloud, Farm Art/DTour - Fermentation Fest, Sauk Count, WI, 2020
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground, part of the exhibition Inside/Outside: Charlie Brouwer, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 2022
These Prayers, part of the exhibition Inside/Outside: Charlie Brouwer, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 2022
Seekers Gate, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC, 2023
Seekers Gate, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC, 2023
The Human Condition, Levering Orchard, Orchard Gap, VA, 2023-2024
The Human Condition, Levering Orchard, Orchard Gap, VA, 2023-2024
Education, Alum Ridge, VA, site specific installation in the Alum Ridge School building, 2024, click image for the history on this project.