Together WE SEE sparks
SPECIAL EDITION: SEEN ‘ZINE
project: #12
location: The Streets of Sparks. (Victorian Square)
date: 6/23 – 9/20. 2019
type: community newspaper. ArtBike. 1-minute portraits
SPARKS…
A city with 100+ years under it’s rusty & wind blown belt has a story to tell.
With Time, wisdoms and wise tales begin to define what is significant. What should be said? What should be seen? What should be preserved? And what should be the goal for the future?
Sparks is a city with grit, grandeur, and glory days… Only it’s people can preserve it.
TOGETHER WE SEE SPARKS.
“In 2015, the City of Sparks began one of the largest redevelopment projects in its history in downtown Victorian Square. Planned for completion by 2022, a six-square-block area of downtown Sparks called Victorian square will be transformed into housing (apartments and condos) for 5,000 new residents, new restaurants and retail spaces, an event venue, a central plaza, and gathering space. The city’s has allocated funding for a new streetscape plan includes new public sidewalks, planters, curbs, and landscaping. A portion of the streetscape plan allocated a portion of the budget for art.
To leverage the arts, culture, and creativity to help drive this change, growth, and transformation, the city was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grant in 2016 to create an art master plan for the area. This planning process and the implementation of the plan relies heavily on community input using the creative placemaking model.”
The project is called: Together We See Sparks.
FIND US AT THESE SPARKS EVENTS:
- 6/23 – sierra Nevada Lavender & Honey Festival. @ Victorian Square
- 7/27 – Water Lantern Festival. @Sparks Marina
- 8/28 -8/30 – Best in the West Rib Cook-Off. @ Victorian Square
YOUR TASK.
INTERACT WITH THE BIKE-NEWSPAPER STAND!
- Grab an index card and write a story, favorite memory, place of note, or words of Sparks wisdom. **Keep it short and sweet and it could be featured in the Special Edition “Seen” ‘zine!
- Get a one-minute portrait done by artist, J.Charboneau
- Look at an art book… get an art postcard
artists: J.Charboneau
contributors: City Of Sparks. Sparks Community
