Intro Art Ed: Studio Exploration Project

A) I would like to do my Studio Exploration on the Sea Side Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut. I'ts a big public park in a poor, urban neighborhood. It's on a harbor; you can see New York City from the shore of the Sea Side Park. There's a beach for swimming, soccor and baseball fields. An industrial factory towers over this park. This park is also the setting for the last four Gathering of the Vibes Music and Arts festivals which I attended. So when I've spent time in this park, there are miles of fields filled with tents, music shakes the leaves on the trees and can be heard everywhere, even outside the park on the side walk in the city. People from all over the country gather there, dance, make music, art, and dress in costume. For me, the Sea Side park is simply a home for a celebration and spiritual exploration.
B) What is this park like during the other 361 days of the year? How is it used? How many people visit daily? How do people feel when they're in the Sea Side park? Do animals live there? How long does it take to prepare for and clean up for an event like Gathering of the Vibes? How does the arts and music festival effect those who live there in Bridgeport connecticut? Why did the Gathering of the Vibes choose the Sea Side Park to be their new sight? What kinds of art comes out of there? What is that big factory used for? Is the harbor used for importing and exporting goods? What more does the park have? What more does the park need?
C) I plan to use my own documents like audio tracks, photographs and souvenirs by juxtaposing them with everything and anything I can find on/about the Sea Side Park on a regular day in Bridgeport.
D) I plan to mostly use musical artists for inspiration, like the Grateful Dead, because the festival is a celebration of Jerry Garcia's life, and of other musical artists like Keller Williams, Andy (Moore) The Music Man, Moe, Levon Helm and The Family Band and the P Funks because these musicians perform at nearly every Gathering Of the Vibes Music Festival. Costume artists and parade puppetears are also elements of the inspiration. I'm also hoping to find and study artists and works from the Bridgeport, Connecticut area.
E) I already have costumes, puppets, and paintings that I've made for the music festival, and I plan on making new works of reflection my experiences in the park, and of what I can find to be the more every day function of the park (probably through painting, photography, and maybe some sketches and poetry.)

I made this mask for Vibes 2011