Art in Public Places Collaborates with Cal Poly's City and Regional Planning Department
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Cal Poly’s City and Regional Planning (CRP) Department Head, Hemalata Dandekar, Assistant Professor, Umut Toker, and graduate student, Darci Palmer work closely with Art In Public Places committee Chair, Ann Ream and ARTS Obispo’s Program Director Jenna Hartzell, to create four workshops designed to expose CRP students to all elements of the public art process. Almost 30 CRP students will participate in all four of these workshops before the end of the Spring Term 2011.
WORKSHOP I
Thirty Cal Poly students joined local artists, a former mayor and ARTS Obispo for an in-depth exploration of Art in Public Places (APP) in downtown San Luis Obispo on Saturday November 6th. The APP tour is the first of four collaborative workshops offered by Cal Poly’s City & Regional Planning (CRP) Department in collaboration with ARTS Obispo’s Art in Public Places Committee.
To read more about the first workshop, and to view student essays on the experience click here.
WORKSHOP II
The second workshop began February 12th and culminates during Art After Dark on March 4th. Their objective for this workshop is to gain practical skills in observing public art, public space and people through photography and to expand their understanding of and appreciation for public art.
On February 12th students arrived at ARTS Space Obispo to hear local photographer, Ken Brandstetter, present on his artistic approach to photography along with basic photography concepts. Professor/ Photographer Brian Kesner offered his expertise on photographing with the intent to demonstrate space and texture to a client.
Following the interactive intro to photography session, students toured Downtown SLO again, this time armed with digital cameras and ready to capture public art and urban space in an artistic manor. Students were asked to answer a series of questions with their photographs – questions like; “how do people interact with art in public space?” and “what is the relationship between public art and urban form?
After a long day of shooting, students gathered back on Cal Poly’s campus where they received training on basic editing techniques from Brandstetter. The photographs from this workshop will be on display during Art After Dark on March 4th in the SLO Creamery, Suite 115 from 6-9pm.
WORKSHOP III
Information coming soon!
WORKSHOP IV
Information coming soon!
