((PKG)) ANGEL WINGS
((Banner: An Angels Wings))
((Reporter/Camera: Aaron Fedor))
((Producer: Kathleen McLaughlin))
((Editor: David Pierce))
((Map: New York City, New York))
((Main character: 1 female))
((Sub characters: 1 female; 2 male))
((MUSIC))
((Courtesy: Ron Lugo))
((Pop up text/ Full Screen:
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
Hi, I'm Colette Miller and I'm an artist and I'm best known for
the Global Angel Wings Project, these big interactive wings
that people stand in front of and remind themselves that we
are the angels of this earth.
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
I started the project and I had like the idea at the end of
2011, it was like a vision, really. I had been doing a lot of
yoga, meditation and I was thinking about the divine in all
humanity, what connects all humanity. And wings started
coming to my head and I would imagine them on the walls
as I drove through L.A. in the big industrial sections and so I
decided to act on it one day.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
I started the wings on butch[er] paper that I had primed in my
studio. And then I just started drawing big wings on them
and started painting them and layering. And then I carved
them out and then I'd take them on-site to the location and I
glue them up with see-through paint. And then I'll draw over
them or paint over them or carve them out and sometimes I'll
paint the background around it.
((NATS))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
It's to remind humanity of our higher natures, that we are the
angels of this earth. It's really about our true selves which
we all have.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
I have, I think, wings in about five or six continents and
worldwide. Some have been destroyed or some of them are
inside, but I would say, maybe, 200. You can find them in
the tallest building in the world - the Burj Khalifa, and
Skyspace in Los Angeles, and Cuba, and the GRAMMY
Museum.
((NATS))
((Speaker 1))
Everybody, everybody comes and loves your work.
((Colette Miller))
Oh, thanks.
((Speaker 1))
Everybody loves your work Ma.
((Colette Miller))
Thanks.
((Speaker 1))
That was a good blessing you did for the entire street.
((Colette Miller))
Okay, bye. Thanks.
((NATS))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
This particular pair of wings is called Humankind and the
reason is the colors of the wings are representative of
humanitys shades of skin tones. We all come in different
shades and the kind in human is what we should emphasize.
We're all of humankind but we are human, kind. Because
we're in such a urgent time, I just think a lot of artists feel
they need to take to the streets, and especially with this type
of project which is public and it's interactive and it's large
scale and it's meant to be for the people in the world, not to
be, you know, put away in a potential museum or gallery,
which is great too because it preserves things. But street art
is, is of the time. It's the zeitgeist of the time.
((NATS))
((Speaker 2))
Yeah, they gave me a sense of hope and peace.
((NATS))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
Sometimes, so there's schools, like children will study the
Global Angel Wings Project and study the Colette, Colette
Miller and they'll all do wings of themselves, like in
elementary schools and middle schools, and that always
really charms me.
((NATS))
((Speaker 3))
It's beautiful. It's amazing. I live right here and it just
inspires hope. My friend literally passed away yesterday.
So, coming out here and seeing this right now is incredible.
((NATS))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
Wings I did in Jurez [Mexico].
((Courtesy: Jose Luis Gonzalez))
After the drug cartel violence, this was like in 2013 or 14
and the photo became photo of the year.
My dream areas are conflict areas and war zones and areas
that need the most hope
((Courtesy: Jose Luis Gonzalez))
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
and that need the most encouragement and belief that
there's still the human spirit out there. If somebody is
interested in working on the street, you know, there's a lot of,
you know, ideas out there but my real advice to anybody
doing any type of art is to really stay authentic, like really
listen to your voice. And I know they say that in writing and
in acting and in all like types of creativity, but it's really
having the courage to own your own voice.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
I believe in angels and the fact that we can be angels ourself
and help to manifest the miracles that are available in this
universe.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Ron Lugo))
((Colette Miller))
And they're done.
((NATS))
((Banner: An Angels Wings))
((Reporter/Camera: Aaron Fedor))
((Producer: Kathleen McLaughlin))
((Editor: David Pierce))
((Map: New York City, New York))
((Main character: 1 female))
((Sub characters: 1 female; 2 male))
((MUSIC))
((Courtesy: Ron Lugo))
((Pop up text/ Full Screen:
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
Hi, I'm Colette Miller and I'm an artist and I'm best known for
the Global Angel Wings Project, these big interactive wings
that people stand in front of and remind themselves that we
are the angels of this earth.
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
I started the project and I had like the idea at the end of
2011, it was like a vision, really. I had been doing a lot of
yoga, meditation and I was thinking about the divine in all
humanity, what connects all humanity. And wings started
coming to my head and I would imagine them on the walls
as I drove through L.A. in the big industrial sections and so I
decided to act on it one day.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
I started the wings on butch[er] paper that I had primed in my
studio. And then I just started drawing big wings on them
and started painting them and layering. And then I carved
them out and then I'd take them on-site to the location and I
glue them up with see-through paint. And then I'll draw over
them or paint over them or carve them out and sometimes I'll
paint the background around it.
((NATS))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
It's to remind humanity of our higher natures, that we are the
angels of this earth. It's really about our true selves which
we all have.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
I have, I think, wings in about five or six continents and
worldwide. Some have been destroyed or some of them are
inside, but I would say, maybe, 200. You can find them in
the tallest building in the world - the Burj Khalifa, and
Skyspace in Los Angeles, and Cuba, and the GRAMMY
Museum.
((NATS))
((Speaker 1))
Everybody, everybody comes and loves your work.
((Colette Miller))
Oh, thanks.
((Speaker 1))
Everybody loves your work Ma.
((Colette Miller))
Thanks.
((Speaker 1))
That was a good blessing you did for the entire street.
((Colette Miller))
Okay, bye. Thanks.
((NATS))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
This particular pair of wings is called Humankind and the
reason is the colors of the wings are representative of
humanitys shades of skin tones. We all come in different
shades and the kind in human is what we should emphasize.
We're all of humankind but we are human, kind. Because
we're in such a urgent time, I just think a lot of artists feel
they need to take to the streets, and especially with this type
of project which is public and it's interactive and it's large
scale and it's meant to be for the people in the world, not to
be, you know, put away in a potential museum or gallery,
which is great too because it preserves things. But street art
is, is of the time. It's the zeitgeist of the time.
((NATS))
((Speaker 2))
Yeah, they gave me a sense of hope and peace.
((NATS))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
Sometimes, so there's schools, like children will study the
Global Angel Wings Project and study the Colette, Colette
Miller and they'll all do wings of themselves, like in
elementary schools and middle schools, and that always
really charms me.
((NATS))
((Speaker 3))
It's beautiful. It's amazing. I live right here and it just
inspires hope. My friend literally passed away yesterday.
So, coming out here and seeing this right now is incredible.
((NATS))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
Wings I did in Jurez [Mexico].
((Courtesy: Jose Luis Gonzalez))
After the drug cartel violence, this was like in 2013 or 14
and the photo became photo of the year.
My dream areas are conflict areas and war zones and areas
that need the most hope
((Courtesy: Jose Luis Gonzalez))
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
and that need the most encouragement and belief that
there's still the human spirit out there. If somebody is
interested in working on the street, you know, there's a lot of,
you know, ideas out there but my real advice to anybody
doing any type of art is to really stay authentic, like really
listen to your voice. And I know they say that in writing and
in acting and in all like types of creativity, but it's really
having the courage to own your own voice.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Colette Miller))
((Colette Miller, Artist, Global Angel Wings Project))
I believe in angels and the fact that we can be angels ourself
and help to manifest the miracles that are available in this
universe.
((NATS))
((Courtesy: Ron Lugo))
((Colette Miller))
And they're done.
((NATS))
