Art Installation at So
Bazaar
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
August 17, 2016
CONTACT
Jessica Rubenacker, Cultural Arts Administrator, Parks and Recreation
jarubenacker@redmond.gov
425-556-2367
REDMOND, WA
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So Bazaar Night Market features
artists, performances, artisan market, food and drink along the Redmond Central
Connector located between 161st Ave NE and Leary Way. The last of
three events will take place on Thursday, August 25 from 5-10 pm.
"The residents and visitors feel moved by So Bazaar,” said Mayor
John Marchione. “The performance and participatory art productions create a
sense of joy and community,” he added. “Join us on Thursday for the final
evening of the year.”
On the
last night of So Bazaar, the Redmond Central Connector will be further transformed
by a large-scale public art installation of rangoli. Rangoli
is one of the oldest Indian art forms—far predating sculpture and painting,
and uses materials such as colored rice, sand, four, or petals to create
temporary designs on the ground.
The large-scale rangoli
installation at So Bazaar will also feature a central mandala of fresh flowers
snaking its way through John Fleming’s “Sky Painting” in the Redmond Central
Connector parking lot, which currently holds the title of being the largest
painted surface in the state of Washington.
It will be created in
collaboration between curator Latha Sambamurti, artists Sudha Rajasekaran (rangoli) and Annie Penta
(mandala) and the Art Docents of Audubon Elementary, leading a group of Redmond
school children and any volunteers that want to participate.
For more information and a complete listing of So
Bazaar market elements, please visit: www.RedmondSoBazaar.com. If you have
questions, please contact Jessica Rubenacker at jarubenacker@redmond.gov. This
press release is available on www.redmond.gov.
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