SALT LAKE CITY, Thursday, Jan. 3–Craft Lake City’s seasonal, outdoor gallery exhibit titled, “Celebration of the Hand” will be installed the weekend of Jan. 4, 5 and 6. The walkable exhibit features artwork from eight local artisans and two Craft Lake City branded steel Plakats lining the sidewalks on the North and South sides of Broadway (300 South) between 200 West and 200 East.
Craft Lake City is collaborating with The Temporary Museum of Permanent Change and The Center For The Living City to curate four exhibits this year, installing new works every three months with different local artisans. The artisans for the Winter 2013 exhibit include Ben Trentelman, Ashley Kinser of GlitterGutterGlamour, Holly Jones of Say Hello, Gentry Blackburn of Frosty Darling, Robin Banks, Copper Palate Press, Alexis Mattox of Alexis Mattox Design, and Trent Call. “We are pleased to continue our partnership with The Temporary Museum of Permanent Change, and The Center For The Living City, “ says Festival Director Angela H. Brown. “We are happy to present the work of CLC artisans to the community in a public environment.” A QR code will be posted on each Plakat, which can be scanned with a smartphone, taking viewers to a profile of the artisan with an artist statement about the piece. “Celebration of the Hand” is open 24/7 and is free to the public. The Winter 2013 installations will remain in place through the end of March 2013.
The plakats were originally installed on the streets of Sat Lake City in 2007, and have been utilized by various non-profits, such as Sundance, Spy Hop and the Utah Film Center’s Tumbleweeds Film Festival. A downloadable program for CLC’s Winter Exhibit will be available on craftlakecity.com. For more information on specific art installation times and press opportunities for Jan. 4-6, please contact Angela H. Brown: angela@craftlakecity.com, 801.949.6341; Karamea Puriri: karamea@craftlakecity.com, 435.817.0389.
About Craft Lake City: Craft Lake City is a 501-C3 charitable organization. Craft Lake City’s mission is to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. In an effort to keep the community active, educated and aware of the local DIY culture, Craft Lake City hosts monthly workshops, gallery shows, fundraisers and an annual festival to promote regional spending with independent artisans and businesses. Craft Lake City was started in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, editor and publisher of SLUG Magazine, as a way to showcase Utah’s growing DIY community. The 2012 Craft Lake City festival welcomed over 200 vendors and 15,000 attendees at the Gallivan Center in downtown Salt Lake. The festival’s fifth year commences in 2013. Craft Lake City will expand the annual gathering into a two-day format on Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10, 2013.??
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.
About The Center for the Living City: In 2005, in collaboration with Jane Jacobs, a small group of accomplished urbanists founded The Center for the Living City to build on Ms. Jacobs’ work. The Center’s purpose is to enhance 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’s programming includes publishing What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs and sponsoring Jane Jacobs Walks, self-organized walking tours throughout the world. The Center for the Living City also sponsors symposia, exhibitions, fellowships, workshops and other community events.
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