The Community is Welcome!

Please come by the ARt Hut, Located in Bohn Park near the ball field.
participate or just observe the organizing, glazing, counting of tiles and breaking of pottery, and the cataloging of broken pottery and shells. We need to determine how much we have and how much we need to complete the project.

Sundays
September, 9 and 16, 2 - 4 p.m.
see you there

help us crack up!

Cathy Breaking Pottery with A Rock.

Piles of ceramic tile and pottery have been donated to the project. We are now in the process of craking up...

Exhibit at the Boulder Public Library, Fall 2006

Glazing Tiles

TILE PAINTING •• SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1 - 3 PM

Tile painting, sunday may, 20 1 - 3 pm at the lyons valley village community house. FREE.
2nd Avenue in Lyons - next to Bohn Park!

tiles...

photos of tiles...

tiles! tiles! tiles!

April First was the unveiling of the painted tiles -- so far. We have over 500! We need more! come paint on April 15!

CLARIFIER EVENTS - SPRING 2007

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

DETAILED EXPLANATION AT THE END OF THIS BLOG

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

CONTACT ME

priscillacohan@earthlink.net

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.

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