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TopoSHARE on Display at Oak Park First Friday, Come Play and Bring Donation!
Event: Oak Park First Friday - June, 1, 2018 Location: 3400 Broadway, Sacramento CA 95817 TopoSHARE is a temporary art installation that engages the community while tasking them to give back to those in need. Formed of colorful milk crates, the installation creates a “topographic” surface for the community to gather and play. Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services are soliciting donations and will use the milk crates that form TopoSHARE to collect and store goods at Oak Park First Friday on June 1, 2018. We are seeking socks, toiletries and school supplies. TopoSHARE is a selected Creative Economy Pilot Program project - an initiative by the City of Sacramento to increase economic activity and improve public spaces through art, food and technology.
Atlas Lab Selected as Sacramento365’s Featured Artist
Check out how ATLAS Lab's Director Kimberly Garza is using the power of collaboration and design to transform her hometown of Sacramento, see article here.
Atlas Lab Awarded Creative Economy Pilot Project Grant
The highly competitive grant program is a City of Sacramento initiative to increase economic activity and improve public spaces through art, food, and technology initiatives. ATLAS Lab’s proposal, “TOPOshare” is a temporary art installation that seeks to improve public life on Broadway and serve as community outreach tool for local nonprofits. Comprised of a series of colorful milk crates, once assembled and configured, create a “topographic” surface for the community to interact, discover and play. Partnering with local nonprofits, the same milk crates will be used to collect donation goods pre and post installation. Stay tuned for more information.
Kimberly Garza Awarded 40 Under 40 by Sacramento Business Journal
Sacramento Business Journal honors young professionals that excel in their workplaces and in their communities.
Kimberly Garza of Atlas Lab Featured in Comstock’s Magazine
Kimberly Garza chats with Comstock's Magazine about the role of landscape architecture and making vibrant public spaces in our cities.
ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo – Los Angeles
Kimberly Garza to speak at the 2017 ASLA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. Panel topics include: "4 Under 40: Emerging Leaders in Landscape Architecture" and "Prototype to Permanent: Designing Short Term Projects for Long Term Change"!
Landscape Architecture Magazine – March Issue
ATLAS Lab featured in this month's Landscape Architecture Magazine cover story, "Start Your Engines" alongside 12 entrepreneurs discussing the process of starting a design practice! Find out more here: bit.ly/MARCH17LAM
Inaugural World Landscape Architecture Awards
Kimberly Garza to jury the Inaugural World Landscape Architecture Awards. Deadline Februrary 24, 2017.
Art Street Exhibit Open to the Public
Part of the large-scale art experience, "The Grove" is an interactive landscape art installation comprised of Redwood trees and 500 crates, inspired by the history of The Mill, that invites visitors to sit, lounge and play. Come visit #ArtStreet from Feb 3-25th, 300 1st Street, Sacramento, CA.