Craig Kraft
Finding Hope
Neon
12”x24”x3”
Hope is sometimes obscured in our culture. When it can be found and experienced, it is transformational. In this project I will site the word “Hope” in neon around the D.C. area. It will be installed in unlikely places, with the neon glow facing away from the viewer, and onto the building’s structure. The glow from the hidden source pulls the viewer to look more closely, at which point, they can see the word “Hope” in a soft white glow of neon. The project is titled “Finding Hope.” I will make it a public interest project as sites are discovered and reported back to the studio, finally being announced on social media.
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Knotted Gun
Neon, wood, acrylic paint
16”x20”x3”
To take the guns away from the citizens and the police – like England does.
Missing Persons Flyers
I saw a news special on missing indigenous persons in the Southwest and how they are ignored. I realized that missing persons happen everywhere, including right in my backyard in Southeast DC. Having used neon in my artwork for 35 years, I thought of a new use: Emergency Neon to use the power of neon to draw attention to the issue. These neonized missing person flyers are available for public use.
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NBC 4 Nightly News in Washington D.C. ran a story about the Emergency Neon project.