Gizmo is working closely with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s new Central Subway system, (operating from Chinatown to South of Market) and the SFAC’s Public Art Program, that is managing an exciting public art program that includes permanent artworks and related arts programming in adjacent neighborhoods. Contracted by Tutor Perini, Gizmo will be taking…
The proposed partnership between Gizmo Art Production and artist Scott Oliver began in 2014, when Gizmo was selected to build and install Oliver’s piece “Points of Departure”. Recently the piece has been installed in the Masonic Plaza, where three significantly tall posts stand symbolizing the directions in which various passers by have told Oliver they…
San Franciscan’s should keep an eye out for another Gizmo triumph, Michael Arcega’s installation, titled “Auspicious Clouds”. The piece consists of seven different cloud shaped benches of bright colors that are placed in Chinatown on Broadway between Columbus and the Broadway Tunnel. This project is commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission and this week…
Gizmo worked with sound consultants Charcoal Blue to create these life size sound transferable sculptures for Yuri Suzuki Studio. The sculptures are located outside of the High Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, where Kids can spend their time listening and making sounds into the parabolic flutes and experience the endless sound possibilities. These pieces are made…
Gizmo has had the honor of being featured on Flipboard’s “Art with a message” list by CODAworx in CODAmagazine. This list consists of 25 of the most influential works of art, specifically featuring art that is “created for the purpose of bringing about social change, or to raise awareness of social problems, through organizational efforts,…
Gizmo fabricated the piece using aluminum, LEDs, and acrylic. It was installed outside of Denver, CO. Gizmo fabricated Blessing Hancock’s sculpture in their 10,000 square foot shop in San Francisco. The tricky part about this sculpture was devising a unique shape that could be replicated many times to build a tall geometric sculpture. The sculpture…
Gizmo Art Production has been working with design firm, Square Peg to create an art installation located in the Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning building at Stanford University. The wall sculpture is an abstract perspective of Jane Stanford’s face made up by words. The words make up a paragraph that talks about the…
Gizmo has built and installed another of the California Academy of Sciences annual holiday exhibit ‘Tis the Season which that explores the science behind the winter season. This year the exhibit title is “Life on Ice” highlighting the lives of the animals and the habitat they live in. Also, the exhibit touching on the subject…
Gizmo recently invited a group of art students from the San Francisco Art Institute to tour and explore our fabrication shop. The students are part the Young Artist Program (YAP), which is an immersive summer program for young artists ages 13–15. When the kids arrived they met with Gizmo’s Production Manager Jeremy Kaplan. He talked…
“Passages” is a kinetic artwork by Ride Art Studio of Berkeley, California. This 22-foot high sculpture is located in Brighton, Colorado. It celebrates the beautiful landscape that surrounds the community and tells the story of Brighton’s agricultural history.” Gizmo collaborated with Ride Art Studios Jonathan Russell and Saori Ide in realizing their unique kinetic sculpture by…