JILL SABEL VALAVANIS
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Interactive Public Art Projects

MONSTER BOLLARDS, 2020. Installed at Courthouse Square, downtown Santa Rosa, this project was designed to enliven the area during the COVID-19 pandemic while people were socially distanced.

SELF(IE) REFLECTION, 2020. Five giant mirrored 'cell phones' were placed along 4th Street in downtown Santa Rosa, each with a prompt to encourage self reflection during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SWEET HOME SONOMA, 2018. This project recognized the first anniversary of the devastating Sonoma Complex Fire. Participants painted a birdhouse, wrote their experience of the fire, rolled it up and placed it in the birdhouse. The birdhouses were displayed for the community during the anniversary, then distributed during a celebration of resilience. Community members chose a birdhouse to keep, along with the written experience it contained -- a token of the shared trauma that affected each of us in a unique way.
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LOVE LETTER ART WALK, 2017. Designed to activate the Highway 12 corridor in the Springs area of Sonoma Valley, this project consisted of a series of stations. As participants progressed, they used different art techniques to create a card, decorate an envelope, and write a sentiment. At the last station the finished cards were dropped into boxes, and participants celebrated with free ice cream.
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HOT SPRINGS HOP, 2015. Created to encourage physical activity of children, this project consists of a stenciled pattern of squares, circles and triangles. Children choose how to interact with the sidewalk design, jumping from shape to shape.
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