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…
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.…
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…
Gizmo and The Sibbett group are working on design and fabrication of the National Model Railroad Association exhibit in the California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, CA. Stay tuned…
Gizmo is rebuilding the Interactive Rocketship exhibit at the Habitot Children’s Museum in Berkeley, CA. Blast off to outer space in this 13 foot rocketship. Young astronauts and scientists can activate their imagination manning mission control, counting down to blast off, and commanding the shuttle. There are plenty of buttons and dials to push to…
Gizmo has had the exciting opportunity to work alongside Ned Kahn on his piece “Circadian Wind”. Gizmo will be installing this sculpture on a multistory parking garage in Los Angeles which will present our team with a challenging yet unforeign task of maneuvering the very tall parking garage in order to fasten the piece safely.…
Yumei Hou’s design captures the spirit of an outdoor folk dance from the Northeastern provinces of China, which typically involves groups of people of all ages, men and women, dancing vigorously in a variety of costumes to celebrate happy occasions such as Chinese New Year, birthdays and grand openings. Perfectly suited for the new municipal…
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…