Free exhibition walk with the artist on April 21 at 10am
Salt Lake City, April 10 – Craft Lake City, The Center for the Living City and The Temporary Museum of Permanent Change are pleased to announce a new Celebration of the Hand exhibition showcasing the work of local artist Alyce Carrier. The exhibition will be on view from April 17–June 17, 2018 and the public is invited to join the artist for a free exhibition walk inspired by Jane Jacobs on Saturday, April 21 at 10am.
Informed by activist Jane Jacobs’ fascination with self-organized urbanism, Celebration of the Hand is a seasonal outdoor exhibition designed to enhance and reflect Salt Lake City’s cultural district through the work of local artists. Celebration of the Hand is displayed in eight large frames adjacent to the sidewalks along Broadway (300 South) between 200 West and West Temple, and is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week free of charge.
The spring 2018 installment of Celebration of the Hand is comprised of eight paintings by local artist Alyce Carrier. Often working in clay and paper in addition to paint, Carrier’s artwork uses line, color and pattern to comment on the familiar and mundane tasks that may occur in a traditional day: sweeping the floor, waiting in line at the grocery store, or playing phone tag with a friend. Carrier holds a BFA from the University of Utah, and her work has been displayed in solo and group exhibitions in New York City, Seattle, Salt Lake City and beyond. She most recently served as an artist-in-residence at the Center for Ceramics of Berlin.
“Celebration of the Hand empowers artists to take an active role in contributing to the visual landscape of their city,” says Angela Brown, Executive Director of Craft Lake City. “We are thrilled to highlight Alyce Carrier’s work in our newest exhibition, and look forward to witnessing passersby engaging with her paintings.”
Related Programming: Exhibition Tour and Jane Jacobs Walk
Saturday, April 21 at 10 am
The public is invited to join Craft Lake City, the Center for the Living City and Alyce Carrier for a free exhibition walk inspired by Jane Jacobs on Saturday, April 21 at 10am. Carrier will discuss her work on view in the outdoor gallery, Angela Brown and Shelbey Lang from Craft Lake City will share information about the Celebration of the Hand exhibition series, and Hana Morin of the Center for the Living City will guide an informal discussion about Jane Jacobs and the ways we respond to the complexities of our city. Participants will meet in front of the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center at 138 Broadway in Salt Lake City.
About Craft Lake City:
Founded in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, Executive Editor of SLUG (Salt Lake UnderGround) Magazine, Craft Lake City® is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mission to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. Craft Lake City strives to further define the term “Craft,” by modernizing the definition for handmade creativity.
craftlakecity.com @craftlakecity
About the Temporary Museum of Permanent Change:
The Temporary Museum of Permanent Change is a community based, participatory project that uses the ever-changing development processes underway in Salt Lake City as catalysts to animate city life. The Museum engages a variety of audiences using a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach that includes performance art and video production, visual art, urban archaeology, anthropology, local history, existing businesses and ongoing deconstruction and construction processes as spectacles for people of all ages. Together these elements provide teachable moments in our efforts to manage and celebrate change. This museum has no specific address. Rather it is a construction of ideas, installations and illuminations that comprise a new way of seeing our city.
museumofchange.org
About the Center for Living City:
The Center for the Living City’s purpose is to expand the understanding of the complexity of contemporary urban life and through it, promote increased civic engagement among people who care deeply for their communities. The Center provides portals for community engagement through the lens of urban ecology to further the understanding of the interconnected human and ecological systems in our communities. The Center’s multi-disciplinary approach to community engagement is applied through educational programs, collaborative projects, fellowships, on-line portals, workshops and publications.
centerforthelivingcity.org @_whatwesee_
