AweLab explores the ways in which artists, designers and creative-makers employ Awe as a tool for inspiration and generation, and as a community-centered approach to life.
SFAC Galleries | Public Program | 12-4 pm, October 7
AweLab collaborated with Innards and Upwards artist, Alison Pebworth, SFAC and Recology to invite participants to design a cabinet of wonders of their own using artifacts and mementos from the cultural past.
Ready-to-design small boxes and cabinets (i.e. shoe box size) are provided to participants as well as basic crafting materials like kid-friendly glue and scissors.
For this program, Pebworth returned to Recology SF to source a sampling of recycled materials for participants to incorporate into collaged creations.
The afternoon culminates in a collective Wunderkammer before everyone takes his or her own piece home.
Looking inside of the new Cabinets of Wonders
Inspired by Alison Pebworth’s installation on view at the SFAC Main Gallery, attendees were invited to create a small-scale cabinet of wonders. Innards and Upwards was originally created while Pebworth was in residence at the Recology San Francisco Artist in Residence Program.
Lights on Market Street commissioned three large-scale, site-specific lighting installations along the central Market corridor, to mark the district gateways at United Nations Plaza and Sixth Street over six months. The artists—Theodore Watson, Paul Notzold and Jim Campbell—were challenged to create a positive and engaging atmosphere through an innovative use of light and technology.
Lights on Market Street was a project managed by Amy Ress while she served as the Program Manager at Public Architecture. As one of four creative placemaking projects under The ARTery Project, the initiative aimed at transforming the blighted neighborhood into a lively and sustainable destination with the arts at its core.
AweLab explores the ways in which artists, designers and creative-makers employ Awe as a tool for inspiration and generation, and as a community-centered approach to life. Through curated installations, salons and workshops, AweLab is interested in the potential for art and design to transform individual and collective lives, and contribute to the greater good.
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