“Watershed” created by Oakland artist Peter Richards, is an environmental artwork integrating its conceptual and philosophical underpinnings with its functional role at the San José Environmental Innovation Center. On a plot on the NW side of the new Household Hazardous Waste Facility (HHW), a 6,600 gallon water storage tank collects and stores rainwater captured from…
Gizmo worked with Jim Campbell and his studio White Light to create and assemble the substantial work, The Journey, now open to the public at the San Diego County Regional Airport. Gizmo happily worked with Jim Campbell to make his work come to life by making its studio and technicians available for assembling the piece,…
People travel from all over the globe to visit Alcatraz, the former federal island prison that once held the likes of gangster Al Capone. Alcatraz is an iconic landmark amongst the San Francisco Bay and backdrop of Marin County. The island originally served as a military fort during the 1850s then later as the birthplace…
Gizmo happily worked with the Museum of Vision to design, create and install new and originally designed graphics and wall pieces to tell the story of the Museum’s Annual Meeting. The Museum of Vision is dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of Ophthalmology and it’s critical role in medicine. A core component of the Museum…
Gizmo is helping to design, value engineer, construct, and install an exciting new exhibit about life rescue and helicopters for the Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. The exhibit, which is being underwritten by Intermountain Health Providers, will feature a hospital, a command center, and a decommissioned helicopter to set-up different rescue…
From May 10th to September 29, 2013, the California Academy of Sciences presents its latest project, “Built for Speed.” Located around the Academy’s central piazza, the exhibit explores how some of the oceans’ fastest animals and vessels have evolved for speed and long distance ocean travel. Visitors can watch museum staff assemble an orca skeleton, or…
Gizmo Art Production recently worked with art consultant and designer, Alexandra Ray, owner of Five Senses Art Consultancy. The project involved complex installation of selected San Francisco art for this year’s Decorator Showcase located in Pacific Heights from April 27th-May 27th. The stately mansion, built in the 1800s, posed several challenges. A grand entrance of…
Gizmo will be returning to its business roots at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco. In the early 1990s, founder Mark Sabatino cut his teeth as the lead preparator for the cutting edge museum. Since that time, Gizmo has worked with the Center on many successful projects, including: “The Art…
On the recommendation of Explora’s director, Joe Hastings, Sherry Marshall of the Oklahoma Museum Network commissioned Gizmo Art Production to create “Super Lite Brites,” for three local children’s museums. The lights use 1” diameter acrylic rods in a variety of colors and are over 10’ in length. Visitors can create their own images on a…
Gizmo helped California sculptor Michael Davis by fabricating, transporting, and installing “Salute”, a marker of time and location, continually interacting with the environmental conditions of the site. Mounted in front of the new Kansas City (MO) Metro Police station, the work resembles a weather vane topped with a copper officer saluting the surrounding community. Below…