Over the next 25 years, Judd renovated the building floor by floor, sometimes installing works he purchased or commissioned from other artists.
The project is an example of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts' effort to install works of art in public places statewide.
Over 60 artists from across North America and from countries beyond combined with local artists to perform, install works, and conduct workshops and tours including:
"Pneumatic Installations" - Installed works, with hydraulically- or pneumatically-driven lifting devices for both inside and outside; "contraptions" made of items from industrial and domestic parts.
The main phase will have 27 artists installing site-specific works along Jamaica Avenue.
Andrea Zittel's annual art invitational where a collection of artists descend on Joshua Tree and install works in the desert.
And she has turned to the private sector to help pay for installing works.
Some embassies chipped in to assist overseas participation, while P.S. 1 flew in staff members to install works.
The Saturday we were there, the museum was installing works by an artist who, in a completely unexpected way, made us think about how we were feeling.
The artists' friends came, too, some of whom had spent days helping install works.