THE CLARIFIER PROJECT
Community Art Open House
Sunday, April 1, 2007
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. • FREE
Location: Lyons Valley Village Community House
197 2nd Avenue, Lyons, CO 80540
This is one stop along the continuum of community art making. The Clarifier Project is a community public art collaboration. It brings people together to participate in the evolution of a major public art park in Lyons, Colorado. Using an unused public works "tank" as a base, the participants will create a hand painted and sculpted tile, mosaic and masonry monument to community and creativity.
During the month of May a documentary exhibit at the Boulder Public will feature a sampling of the beautiful hand painted tiles, photos and sketches that showcase the project and describe the process of making a community mosaic.
TILE PAINTING WORKSHOPS
April 1, 15, 29
May 6, 20
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. • FREE
Location: Lyons Valley Village Community House
197 2nd Avenue, Lyons, CO 80540
WE NEED MOSAIC MATERIALS!
Ceramic tile, pottery, china, stone and shells.
small amounts can be delivered to the Stone Cup in Lyons and to Steamboat Mt. Foods. Both are located on the corner of 5th and High Street in Lyons
For larger amounts of donated tile and china contact
priscillacohan@earthlink.net
303.823.5655
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
Friday, January 05, 2007
Community Collaboration helps build bridges of understanding and creates Peace.
In the back, Peter Baumgartner, and coming forwards Mary and Don Hunt and in the very front, Garnet Rivers.
jen roth and candace shepard
these two are instrumental in getting this project rolling. it was candace's vision, (candace is on the right), that saw a opportunity for creative community collaboration in the walls of a crumbling municipal wastewater tank and jen, well, jen, (on the left), has all the world in her heart and also facilitates the GAP Group.
Thank you Jen and Candace!
Arty is the black puppy in the picture!
Tile Painting Workshops
During a handful of tile painting workshops offered in 2006 children, moms, dads, guys, and gals of all ages came to paint images on the tiles. The materials were simple unglazed, or bisqued, tiles, underglaze paint colors, and clear glaze. All the materials were provided. The tiles were then taken to the ART HUT, a facility of the Town of Lyons Parks Recreation and CULTURAL Department, where they were glaze fired to cone 04 in an electric kiln.
Pictures of birds are provided for inspiration but partipants are encouraged to paint whatever they want.
These beautiful photos were taken by Cathy Magnifico Powers
In order of Appearance:
Maya
Valerie
Michele and Simone
Dewey
Don and Mary Hunt
The photos of Maya, Michele and Simone pictured at the Lyons Chapter Odd Fellows Hall, are taken during a tile painting event co-sponsored by the Lyons Arts and Humanities Council, www.artinlyons.org.
Don and Mary, Dewey and Valerie were photographed during a session of tile painting at the Lyons Middle/Senior Highschool. These event was sponsored by the Lyons Area Advisory Council on Aging and is an example of the fine activities of the GAP group or the Generationally Active People.
clearing the space. photos by cathy magnifico powers
In order of Appearance:
Phyllis O'Rourke
Jen Roth
Joel and Marcel Such
Phyllis O'Rourke
Jen Roth
Joel and Marcel Such
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Monday, October 23, 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...
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 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.
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.
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