On January 15th, Craft Lake City will host a virtual “Lunch & Learn” discussion for their newest installation in partnership with Of Salt and Sand and Wake the Great Salt Lake, “Local Voices: Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories.”
In this public online event from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 15th. Attendees will hear from Meisei Gonzalez of Of Salt and Sand, host of the Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories Podcast, Andrew Shaw of Wake the Great Salt Lake and several other guest speakers highlighted below. The discussion will focus on the installation and multimedia project, shedding light on the overlooked stories of people connected to and impacted by the receding Great Salt Lake. We will explore the challenges of facing an environmental and public health crisis while choosing to remain in the region. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to participate in a Q&A with the presenters.
“Local Voices: Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories” is one of 12 local projects selected to contribute to Wake the Great Salt Lake, a temporary art project supported by the Salt Lake City Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office, and the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge. The project aims to raise awareness about the decline of the Great Salt Lake by showcasing several temporary public artworks created by a diverse group of local, regional, and internationally recognized artists. These works are designed to engage and educate the public on the challenges facing the lake, inspiring both residents and visitors to take action. For more information about Wake the Great Salt Lake and the other artists involved, visit wakegsl.org or follow the project on Instagram @wakegsl.
Let us know what you think! If you’ve interacted with “Local Voices: Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories,” please take a few minutes to complete this survey. We value your input and would love to hear your thoughts on the project.
About the Panelists:
”Local Voices: Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories” is spanning across 10 steel frames along Broadway (300 S), between 200 West and 200 East in downtown Salt Lake City until February 28, 2025.
Local Voices is an installation series supported by Craft Lake City, The Center for the Living City and The Temporary Museum of Permanent Change. Local Voices highlights the inspiring work of Utah-based organizations in an effort to connect the community with ideas that matter.
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
Craft Lake City’s year-round programming is supported in part by the residents of Salt Lake County through the Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Program, the Salt Lake Arts Council, the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, and Utah Arts & Museums, with funding from the State of Utah and the National Endowment for the Arts.
About Wake the Great Salt Lake:
“Local Voices: Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories” was made possible by Wake the Great Salt Lake, a temporary art project supported by the Salt Lake City Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office, and the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge.
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 @centerforthelivingcity
