Rebar Art & Design Studio // 5x5 ArtPlace Plaza Mock-up // Washington, DC
COLORADO PLAZA MOCK-UP ////////////// THE DC OFFICE OF PLANNING APPROACHED REBAR TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF EVENTS IN THE CENTRAL 14TH ST. NW NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE GOALS OF FOSTERING NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY. THIS PROJECT WAS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE DC ARTS AND HUMANITIES’ 5X5 TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART PROJECT AND ARTPLACE AMERICA’S PLACEMAKING GRANT. I WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR TWO WORKSHOPS, A PLAZA MOCK-UP OF THE PROPOSED COLORADO ART PLAZA AND A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FURNITURE CHARRETTE. WE LED A COMMUNITY PAINTING OF THE STREET AND REPLANTED A SECTION OF THE STREET LANDSCAPE.