Art Dispersal

Art Dispersal is an event where we hang up original works of art and invite people to become their stewards. They can take a piece home, keep it for as long as they like, as well as return it to the artist if they no longer want to keep it. Stewards are offered an opportunity to make a contribution to Free Columbia. Contributions support the artists as well as Free Columbia.

Free Columbia has run 18 Art Dispersals over the past 10 years, with over 800 paintings (as well as other works of art) dispersed to stewards in Hudson, Philmont, Spring Valley, and Manhattan, NY; Eugene and Portland, OR; Los Angeles, CA; New Orleans, LA; and Jarna, Sweden. In 2020 we held our first online art dispersal in collaboration with the Anthroposophical Society in North America.

Institutions that need paintings to enliven their spaces are encouraged to participate in the Enliven The Walls program. A member of the institution (medical office, beauty shop, hotel etc.) meets with Laura Summer to assess the situation. If Free Columbia can meet the need, paintings are hung where needed. The relationship is an ongoing one so that if a painting needs to be changed the institution can contact Laura and she will work with the change. Institutions are encouraged to put a line item in their monthly budgets for painting support. 

If you need an image for a poster, a book cover or a card you can click here to find my Flickr album. You may download any image and use it. if you need to crop an image please email me (laurasummer@taconic.net) to get permission. If you would like to make a contribution to support my work visit www.freecolumbia.org