The Clarifier Blog Has Moved









We have found a new home in the web.
Please visit the Clarifier Project


this blogspot still contains a wonderful archive of clarifier activities
so look around while you are here.



Wednesday, October 25, 2006

CONTACT ME

priscillacohan@earthlink.net

Monday, October 23, 2006

the blessing


Don Hunt sings a blessing song.

September 16, 2006

SANDBLASTER NEEDED!!!

We need to blast the old paint off the walls.

Do you have a sandblaster?

I am just putting that out there...

The work begins!!


A group met on September 16th to bless the project and to have fun. We cleared the area of brush and debris. Next, participants drew fanciful images, words and patterns onto the walls of the Clarifier with sidewalk chalk. As the wind howled and brought a chilly storm into the area we blessed the ground. We gathered into a circle sang a song and asked for peace. Thank you to all who participated that first day.

F R E E T I L E P A I N T I N G W O R K S H O P S ! ! !
Please come. We have hundreds of tiles to paint. Three free workshops, sponsored by the Lyons Arts and Humanities Council are being held to paint tile. All are welcome.

The next two workshops are:

Sunday, October 29, 2 - 4 p.m.
Sunday, November 12, 2 - 4 p.m.
Free
Location: Lyons Odd Fellows Hall, on the Corner of Main and High Street.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

THANK YOU!!!!












When the Clarifier Project is completed over 7000 square feet fo tile, mosiac and masonry or stone pebble mosiac will cover the walls. This is BIG. We could not complete this project without the help of our sponsors.

T H A N K Y O U ! ! !

The Participants

SCFD, III
Scientific and Cultural Facilities District,
Boulder County Cultural Council

Boulder County Arts Alliance,
Neodata Foundation

The Town of Lyons

The Lyons Arts and Humanities Council

Clarks True Value Hardware

Confluence Community Arts, CoCoA

Saturday, October 14, 2006

the clarifier

the first posting

welcome to the the clarifier project. the blog is new. the project is begining to gain momentum.

beginning in october on 2004 this website will post articles and photos related to the project and will of course welcome imput from you as the project begins to unfold.

the clarifier project is multi-layered . (as most things tends to be.)

as a 'thing' the clarifier is cement cylinder approximately 70 feet in circumfrence. it was originally used in some capacity in the process of waste water treatment. the details of this process are not know to me. before the project began, there lived within the giant 'cup,' a blender that would stir the contents. now, however the inside is filled with debris from a former cement block building, rock and dirt. that is it, a cement round thing about 12 feet tall filled with rubble and dirt.

as an 'idea,' the clarifier project was launched as a way to bring a community together. it is an artful community collaboration. based on the sucesses of the 'lyons mural project' we saw it as a way to bring art making to the town of lyons. we want to create an art park that the people of lyons could feel that they were a part of.

we have a reverance for the space and it is our intention to allow peace to grow there. for it to become a place where people can come for regeneration and calm, regardless of the stink. (the new wastewater treatment facility is not far away)

once the 'thing' and the 'idea' came together and played within the minds and hearts of a handful of residents, the next idea arose: to create from this 'round house' a garden of animals, birds, fish and plants, a harmonious cohabitation, a diverse and peaceful managerie.