233 – Lady Rapunzel, the Prince, and the Witch
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair
Morgan Elser, a 2007 Artist in Residence at the Prairie Center of the Arts, 1506 SW Washington, created Lady Rapunzel, the Prince, and the Witch.
I encourage everyone to read the March/April edition of Art & Society Magazine to learn about a hidden jewel of a program which is the Prairie Center of the Arts, located in the old Peoria Cordage building (NTPL #97).
Photo by Scott O’Brien
April 25th, 2008 at 10:40 am
We drove by this thing on Washington St. the other day and it got a collective shake-of-the-head what-is-that-thing from all of us.
Yeah – so WHAT IS THAT THING?
April 25th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Weirdly appropriate that this would come from O’Brien…. LOL
April 25th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I’d like to know why the wicked witch of the west is there. Was she in the story of Rapunzel too?
April 25th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Somebody has to hold the Rapunzel sign after all.
There is a “witch”, Dame Gothel, in the story but her skin color can vary with the tale and the teller.
April 25th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Isn’t this on Adams St.? Maybe it is Washington St. I haven’t lived in Peoria for a long time and it’s been a while since I’ve been back. But, I too, thought this was bizarre when I saw it back in March. The bldg. signage suggests there is some art center there, but I have never heard of it and there aren’t other visible signs that that is the case. Anyway, the bldg. is across the street from what used to be the City of Peoria garage where my dad worked as a mechanic while I was growing up. Weird.
April 30th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
http://www.peoriamagazines.com/as/2008/mar-apr
If you see this issue, the story on this is in there.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Thanks, Mazr. I thought I had read about that somewhere.
May 8th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Good post.