Street Banners In Place!

We're proud to announce the mounting of the Lucky Horseshoe Neighborhood banners! On two sunny mornings earlier this month, Mike rolled up his sleeves along with local residents and Neighborhood Association members Dave Tate and Rick Mattingly to hang the banners in their appointed locations.

With plenty of time to spare before the energy of the Derby Festival starts kicking into gear, the flags are settling into their new homes on heavy-traffic 'perimeter' streets as well as primary entry points for the flow of visitors who are welcomed into the neighborhood each Derby season.

Here are some highlights from the banner-hanging - thanks again to Dave and Rick!

Lucky Horseshoe Documentary Film: First Trailer

Trailer for The Lucky Horseshoe Film Project 2011-2012.

Music by M. Newsome

Neighborhood Association Approves Digital Quilt Design

Digital Quilt 

Our Digital Quilt design has stitched together nicely! Created as a composite, using images we shot of the treasured objects provided to us by members of the community, the Mandala-inspired image contains elements from items as diverse as a hope chest, motorcycle, and wooden chess piece among many others. 

With this design, we have attempted to capture the spirit of pride, richness of legacy, and fraternal bond of teamwork underlying the values that participating residents have expressed during their interviews. 

Street Banner 

During a special meeting held on February 2nd, members of the Neighborhood Association met for an unveiling of the Digital Quilt and to discuss design options for their street banner. Below is their final selection for the flag that will be welcoming visitors to the Lucky Horseshoe during the 2012 season at Churchill Downs.

Association members chose this particular design for the way that the sepia-toned colors represent the value they place on heritage, and the warm feeling of home they want to convey as hosts to the Kentucky Derby's yearly guests. The banner will hang at gateway points throughout the Lucky Horseshoe, introducing this newly adopted neighborhood name to locals, repeat visitors, and newcomers alike!

La Pelicula De Herradura Lucky Te Necesita

Por favor 

llame al (502) 365 0936 

o enviar un correo electrónico a:

luckyhorseshoeproject@gmail.com

Si vives o trabajas en la zona asignado a continuación, y le desea participar en un documantal / arte público proyecto dedicado a cuenta la historia de su barrio único.

Nosotros le devolveremos la llamada y programar un horario conveniente para su entrevista ante la cámara.

Get Involved! A How-To For Participation

We would love to hear from you!

If you live or work in the area mapped here:

Please call (502) 365 - 0936

OR send an email to: 

luckyhorseshoeproject@gmail.com

What Happens Then?

1) Schedule An Interview 

When you contact us via phone or email, using the contact information provided above, we will schedule  your interview at a time and location that is convenient for you. 

2) Choose Your Personal 'Identity' Object To Be Photographed

You will be asked to choose an object of personal meaning that represents your identity as a person and a resident of the Lucky Horseshoe neighborhood. PLEASE PLAN TO BRING THIS OBJECT WITH YOU TO YOUR SCHEDULED INTERVIEW.

3) Conduct Your Interview / Photo Session

Our goal is to gather as rich and diverse an oral history as possible from participating residents. During your interview we want to discuss your personal story as well as recollections about living in the Lucky Horseshoe neighborhood. Photographs will also be taken of your object during this session, and we will shoot a portrait-style photograph of you as well. 

Project Concept: Our Vision

The Lucky Horseshoe project, made possible by a grant from the Center For Neighborhoods’ P.A.I.N.T. program, was designed to address a number of needs that were directly identified by the residents of the community and members of the neighborhood association. 

The central unifying goal of this multi-phase project will be to provide an amplified voice to residents of the Lucky Horseshoe area. Using one-on-one interviews and photography sessions with individuals who live and work in the neighborhood, we will begin the project by gathering oral history and visual source materials directly from residents. Through their creative choices and their own words, participants will entirely shape the outcome of every finished product that the project generates.

Here is a chart showing the general flow of the project from initial outreach to completion, and the ways that the phases lead from one to another:

How it Works:

The “Digital Quilt” design will be composed from photographs, each taken of an object chosen by an individual participant to represent their personal story as a resident of Lucky Horseshoe.

At these photography sessions, we will also be asking participants to sit for a portrait, and to conduct with us a videotaped interview. During each interview we will be encouraging individuals to speak about themselves, their interests, history, plans, and ultimately (we hope) a discussion of some of their experiences, impressions, and recollections with regards to Churchill Downs in all the many ways it touches their existence and defines the history of their neighborhood.

In addition to the object photos becoming source material for the composite Digital Quilt artwork, these images and the portraits will also be sold in a Limited Edition Photography Series as a Fundraising strategy for the neighborhood association.

The composite artwork itself becomes the design for Neighborhood Pride Street Flags that will announce the Lucky Horseshoe Neighborhood as cars enter the area.

Footage from the interviews will be compiled and edited to create a Short Documentary Film, with the goal of providing an amplified voice for residents - not only in terms of their identity as a group of individuals (to outsiders and to one another) but also in hopes of preserving their unique history as the “lucky horseshoe” of homes surrounding Churchill Downs – one of Kentucky’s (and American sports’) most historically important sites.