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Rain or Shine, This Sky Color Rain Art Installation is A Rainbow Dreamscape

By Yashi Phougat on May 5, 2022
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Look up! Rain or shine, Batesville, Indiana, has got you covered with its new Sky Color Rain art installation of this!

Sky Color Rain

The Umbrella Sky Project started in 2011 in Águeda, Portugal, to attract people to local businesses. The creative agency behind it all drew inspiration from Mary Poppins and hoped to bring color and the symbolism of protection to public spaces. After the original project went viral, Umbrella Sky Projects expanded from being in Europe to Japan to now, Batesville, Indiana.

The Umbrella Sky project was met with so much enthusiasm that the Batesville Area Art Council decided to expand it with the new Sky Color Rain installation.  The Sky Color Rain is rainbow-colored streamers that represent the rainbow after a storm. The streamers actually sway with the wind to produce a sound very similar to light rain, which is really quite cool! 

Umbrella Sky Project, Batesville
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The Color Rain installation will be up in the town square until mid-July when it will be replaced by another Umbrella Sky Project Installation, which will be up from mid-July through October of 2022. The exhibit is located in the Village Green parking lot west side of downtown Batesville. Its programming is headed by the Batesville Area Arts Council (BAAC), whose board president Ethel Rodriguez was inspired to bring its magic to Batesville.

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The Umbrella Sky project planning began in October 2019. The project cost about $55,000, and funding was raised by grants and donations from local businesses. Due to the original agency not being able to travel in the pandemic, Fitzpatrick Construction in Batesville put up the actual structure and umbrellas. The installation consists of 464 umbrellas in total, all shipped from the project’s origin of Portugal.

Sky Color Rain

While the Sky Color Rain is up, the BAAC and other local organizations have planned many events under it, including the Batesville Farmers Market and various concerts from local artists, attracting visitors from Indianapolis to Cincinnati. The exhibit provides a safe place to gather while boosting local business.

“It’s awesome to see people smiling and taking pictures and kids playing,” BAAC President Ethel Rodriguez said. “I’ve talked to people who have come from Cincinnati or Wisconsin or Indy.” She believes the project will also promote local businesses as travelers stop for a meal or shop while visiting the structure.

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For a list of all events, visit the Batesville Sky Color Rain website. Be sure to use the official project hashtag to post your photos after your visit: #BatesvilleSkyColorRain #batesvilleskycolorrain!

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