{"id":719,"date":"2022-08-13T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T21:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conspirmus.com\/archive\/sfmblog\/?p=719"},"modified":"2022-09-18T09:26:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T15:26:18","slug":"flags-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conspirmus.com\/archive\/sfmblog\/flags-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Flags of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Installation on Glenwood at Simpson, in Jackson, WY<\/p><\/div>\r\n

\u201cFlags of Hope: for a greener future\u201d<\/strong>, a community public artwork that seeks to bring us together and to imagine a greener future! The \u201cFlags of Hope\u201d will be flying this summer to inspire us to sign up for the 100% Green Power Program through our local electricity provider, Lower Valley Energy (LVE).<\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/a>Suzanne Morlock is a local artist and the inventor of this project inspired by Vista 360\u00b0. She has been working with students this spring and now with local community groups to complete the over 140 flags! This fun and magical printing process is an amazing way to make prints using the sun!<\/p>\r\n

This project started this past January through a collaboration between Vista 360\u00b0 and Jackson Hole Public Art to engage youth through a thought provoking and community facing piece of artwork to \u201ccause folks to wonder what it is and why.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

\u201cOur idea is that those who make solar printed flags are investing in the idea of a greener future through the power of art in public. We hope this artwork will catalyze engagement and sign ups for Lower Valley Energy\u2019s 100% Green Power Program.\u201d
-Suzanne Morlock\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/a>The printing technique uses an alternative photographic process called cyanotype, invented in the 1850s and used to make blueprints before more modern techni\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ques. Each one of the local print is mounted on recycled sheets from hotels in town. The sewing has been donated by the Jackson Hole Quilt Guild.<\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>This project is supported by the NEA, an Arts for All grant, the Wyoming Legislature and the Wyoming Arts Council, Vista 360\u00b0, and Jackson Hole Public Art.<\/p>\r\n\r\n