The ideaXfactory will turn a vacant city building and adjacent open grassy lot into a contemporary art space that will sponsor site-specific environmental art installations and other non-traditional art projects to build connections between diverse populations of the surrounding communities.
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See below for recent updates, press, and events from this project
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Sep 15, 2014
By Pam RuBert Update It’s been a busy summer at ideaXfactory with three major installation exhibitions, workshops, an outdoor music event, and behind the scenes... Read More
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May 30, 2014
By Pam RuBert Updates Birdcalls, fragmented art, homeless teens, origami, and the essence of life energy are some of the themes of idea eXploration installations... Read More
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Apr 14, 2014
“To Live To Love,” an immersive psychedelic video installation; all photos by Pam RuBert Updates To Love To Live Using projections of thousands of tiny... Read More
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Feb 28, 2014
Three Figures, Six Arms – wire mesh artist 3-D rendering by Russ RuBert Updates 3D scanning was a focus for February’s idea exploration at the... Read More
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Jan 30, 2014
Updates As promised at the Art of Placemaking conference in Providence, Russ RuBert installed a huge version of the model that was built using coffee... Read More
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Jan 07, 2014
Art of Space installation woven from thousands of pieces of wood; photo by Pam RuBert Updates Early December brought several days of freezing rain and... Read More
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Dec 04, 2013
EverybodyAllTheTime performance installation; photo by Kacy Anne Shelton Updates On November 1st, Missouri State University senior dance major Sarah Greenbaum produced an original performance installation... Read More
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Nov 08, 2013
Animated projection art by Russ RuBert on historic silos Updates On First Friday in October, animated colored light exploded and bubbled across the 170-foot wide... Read More
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Oct 09, 2013
Artists’ roundtable meets outside the ideaXfactory Outdoor activities have punctuated the landscape around ideaXfactory as September brought shorter days, cooler nights, and returning MSU and... Read More
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Aug 23, 2013
Update After the Contemporary Art Street Jam in July, we moved “Inside Out, Outside In” by exhibiting the street art panels by thirteen artists created... Read More
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Jul 26, 2013
For our first full-force outdoor event at the ideaXfactory, the weeks leading up to the Contemporary Art Street Jam on July 5-6 were filled with... Read More
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Jun 30, 2013
ideaXfactory, June 2013 This month we have been busy managing our first artist talk and laying the groundwork for July’s Contemporary Art Street Jam. Earlier... Read More
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Jul 23, 2019
While we aren’t always aware of the culture that surrounds us, the messages we receive about our communities and ways of life have a great...Read more