Recap: Recent visits from Carly Glovinski and Mark Lakeman

These past two weeks brought two visiting artists to class. Here are descriptions of their work and links to their websites.

Untitled (pool), by Carly Glovinski
acrylic and paper, 2011

Carly Glovinksi
"To labor over the mundane, drawing great attention to an unremarkable object calls into question what can be considered precious and worthy of investigation. I aim to evoke an entirely new response to the familiar, engaging the viewer in an active game of questioning perceptions and assumed hierarchies."

The Rebuilding Center, by Mark Lakeman
Portland, OR

Mark Lakeman

Mark Lakeman is the co-founder of the non-profit placemaking organization The City Repair Project, and principal of the community design firm Communitecture. Mr. Lakeman has taken on the role of creative urban place-maker and community design facilitator in his commitment to the emergence of a sustainable cultural landscape. He seeks to make every design project one which will further the development of a community vision, whether it involves urban design and placemaking, ecological building, encourages community interaction, or assists those who typically do not have access to design services. His leadership in the City Repair Project has benefited communities across the North American continent including cities such as Los Angeles, Seattle, and Ottawa where City Repair Projects are underway. Stories of Mr. Lakeman’s projects have been told widely, including in such publications as Dwell, Architecture Magazine, New Village Journal, Yes magazine, and The Utne Reader. With City Repair, in 2003 Mark was awarded the National Lewis Mumford Award by the international organization Architects & Planners for Social Responsibility for his work with Dignity Village, one of the United States’ first self-developed, permanent communities by and for previously homeless people.