Gizmo worked with designers The Sibbett Group to create this interactive model train exhibit Client: National Model Railroad Association Category: Exhibits Location: California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA Date: April 2021 This exhibit was thoughtfully designed by the Sibbett Group. Gizmo then went to building all of the display cases, mountings, signage, railroad trestle bridges including…
Gizmo fabricated a frame for Leslie Show’s custom glass panels. The sculpture was installed in the Yerba Buena station at the new SF subway station. Client: San Francisco Arts Commission Category: Public Art Location San Francisco, CA Date: April, 2020
Gizmo installed the immersive Destination Universe at the Pace Gallery in Palo Alto. The exhibit interacted with the guests phones. Client: Pace Gallery Category: Immersive Experience Location: Palo Alto, CA Date: September, 2019
The National Association for Interpretation (NAI) recognizes Gizmo Art Production for the California Conservation Habitarium at the Oakland Zoo. Gizmo worked with ECOS Communication to fabricate hands on activities throughout the exhibit using graphics to explain the different elements. Children of all ages can come into the space and experience these unique places and discover…
Client: Ned Kahn Location: San Francisco,CA Date: 2020 This public art installation is located at 300 Grant Ave. Harlan Vortex is a 90-foot tall, Kinetic Artwork created by Ned Kahn and powered only by the wind. The rotating vanes will reflect light and color from the surrounding environment and sky, responding to changes in the wind and…
Gizmo has installed the first piece of public artwork along the San Francisco Central Subway line. The piece by Bay Area-based artist Moto Ohtake is called “Microcosmic”. The art piece is a stainless steel wind-activated kinetic sculpture mounted on a 40-foot light pole near 4th and Brannan streets; the site of a future platform station.…
We attended the 29th annual International Sculpture Conference in Portland, OR October 12th to the 15th. Check us out in the November/December 2019 Sculpture Magazine’s 1st issue dedicated to fabrication.
Gizmo Art Production is an Ally Partner with New Door Ventures. We were so inspired by this wonderful program that we also volunteer by providing math tutoring and mentoring at their San Francisco headquarters. “New Door Ventures gives young people a way to get on track towards success. New Door uses innovative and evidence-based youth…
In the coming months Gizmo will have the pleasure of once again working with artist Ned Kahn on two outdoor installation projects. The first of these projects in collaboration with Cochran Studios is “Cloud Veil” to be installed in Columbia, Maryland. “Cloud Veil” is a large metal ring 12 feet off the ground in a…
Partnering with world renown architecture firm Olson Kundig and National Design Award winner landscape firm Surface Designs, Gizmo Art Production, Inc. will be designing and building the Bay Area Discovery Museum’s new “Canopy Climber”, an exciting outdoor play space for older children. In the area near what is known as the “Tot Spot” (an outdoor…
