00 MAINTENANCE IS SEXY CAMPAIGN
Maintenance is the work of the unsung heroes, the essential work of tireless individuals who weather storms, summers, staffing shortages, and global pandemics. Take a look out the window and you’ll see that maintenance is everywhere, and that things fall apart when it is undervalued, unappreciated, unseen, or uncompensated.
Maintenance is the work of the unsung heroes, the essential work of tireless individuals who weather storms, summers, staffing shortages, and global pandemics. Take a look out the window and you’ll see that maintenance is everywhere, and that things fall apart when it is undervalued, unappreciated, unseen, or uncompensated.
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01 THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR
Smart Growth America and the Washington State Department of Transportation founded a new artist-in-residence program—the first of its kind in the country to be housed within a state agency. As the chosen artists-in-residence, we spent a year in deep conversational research across all six designated regions of the state.
Smart Growth America and the Washington State Department of Transportation founded a new artist-in-residence program—the first of its kind in the country to be housed within a state agency. As the chosen artists-in-residence, we spent a year in deep conversational research across all six designated regions of the state.
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2020
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02 THE MAINTENANCE POST
A hyperlocal newsprint publication connecting the public to the often invisible labor of highway maintenance workers around Washington State.
A hyperlocal newsprint publication connecting the public to the often invisible labor of highway maintenance workers around Washington State.
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2023
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03 THIS BOOK IS A BRIDGE
This document is a moment in time and a mileage marker. It’s the roadmap to WSDOT’s pilot residency program. It is a report about people and their places, the very human effort it takes to hold the transportation network together.
This document is a moment in time and a mileage marker. It’s the roadmap to WSDOT’s pilot residency program. It is a report about people and their places, the very human effort it takes to hold the transportation network together.
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2020
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04 INEVITABLE TRUTHS
Equal parts play and provocation, we produced a series of transportation-themed bumper stickers for limited release during the Innovations and Partnerships Conference hosted by WSDOT.
Equal parts play and provocation, we produced a series of transportation-themed bumper stickers for limited release during the Innovations and Partnerships Conference hosted by WSDOT.
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2019
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05 TRANSPORTATION DIVINATION
The DOT DECK was produced as a tool to understand and inhabit the conversational nature of transportation work. It was created using excerpts from agency-wide interviews with employees at the WSDOT and images of the identifying landmarks of each maintenance region.
The DOT DECK was produced as a tool to understand and inhabit the conversational nature of transportation work. It was created using excerpts from agency-wide interviews with employees at the WSDOT and images of the identifying landmarks of each maintenance region.
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2020
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06 ART IN THE AFTERWARDS
This workshop provides artists with a toolbox of strategies for storytelling across space, time, and medias.
This workshop provides artists with a toolbox of strategies for storytelling across space, time, and medias.
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2023
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07 RETURN TO PUBLIC SPACES
This was the first ever arts-related workshop to ever be presented at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (an industry convening that has been happening for over 100 years).
This was the first ever arts-related workshop to ever be presented at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (an industry convening that has been happening for over 100 years).
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2023
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08 THE YES HOUSE
This civic engagement project was an open, inclusive, collaborative exploration of what a community-oriented building could be in downtown Granite Falls, Minnesota..
This civic engagement project was an open, inclusive, collaborative exploration of what a community-oriented building could be in downtown Granite Falls, Minnesota..
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2017
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09 WINTER WARMING HOUSE
We programmed a collaboratively built all-are-welcome rural downtown warming house as an experimental proof-of-concept for community strategies outlined by neighbors during a creative community design-build process.
We programmed a collaboratively built all-are-welcome rural downtown warming house as an experimental proof-of-concept for community strategies outlined by neighbors during a creative community design-build process.
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2018
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10 HELLO HOLA NEIGHBOR VECINO
The St. James Advocate Program trains community members to connect neighbors, family members, and friends to critical resources, information and opportunities.
The St. James Advocate Program trains community members to connect neighbors, family members, and friends to critical resources, information and opportunities.
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2019
Civic Engagement
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11 HEALTHY HOUSING INITIATIVE
Through an extensive engagement process, we created a toolkit for creative collaborative engagement between the St. James Housing Committee and other residents in town, specifically those households with limited English language skills.
Through an extensive engagement process, we created a toolkit for creative collaborative engagement between the St. James Housing Committee and other residents in town, specifically those households with limited English language skills.
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2017
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12 SAWBILL ARTIST RESIDENCY
We are currently developing a rural residency with a buildout of the domestic and studio spaces and the conceptual framework. The Sawbill will host cultural workers and non-traditional artists in rural west Michigan, starting in summer of 2023.
We are currently developing a rural residency with a buildout of the domestic and studio spaces and the conceptual framework. The Sawbill will host cultural workers and non-traditional artists in rural west Michigan, starting in summer of 2023.
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2023
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