The SPACEcraft Archive

Social Practice Activating Creative Environments

 

SPACEcraft was a socially-engaged, traveling art project in Pinellas County designed to build a sense of community by encouraging people of all ages to interact and create together.

Funded by a one-time grant, this project shared active programming in public parks from August 2020 through July 2023. Learn more here.

 

Are you #OpenToExplore? Take a look at our journey on Instagram @exploreSPACEcraft

After many deployments across Pinellas County and withstanding the tropical weather that Florida brings, our containers are in maintenance mode.🔧 While they get some extra care, let’s take a look at what community participants shared during o
Creativity is in all of us, we just need to tap in! What does tapping in look like? It could be creating freeform images on a large piece of paper, or it could be bending wire into shapes. Tapping in could be grooving to the the rhythm of music or bu
Play in progress! ____ The SPACEcraft containers visited many parks throughout Pinellas County, and each visit was just as special as the last!✨ Around this time last year we had the pleasure of creating sweet melodies with @givingtreemusic at A.L
R is for reading! 📖 —— The Read container, is a space for participants to relax, grab a book and you guessed it… read! It is also a place where words can lead you on a journey via magnetic poetry or fun crafts featuring wordplay.
What do you nurture?🪴 ______ Throughout our time traveling Pinellas County, we’ve felt that the SPACEcraft containers, especially the GROW container, curated an environment for nurturing. A space to connect with nature, while connecting with y
We are so grateful for these times spent together outdoors! 🌤🌳 Did you visit SPACEcraft in one of Pinellas County’s parks? If so, our team would like to hear from you! Our short, anonymous survey (linked in the bio and below) offers a place
Now through Jan. 27, we’ll be packing up the SPACEs in Azalea Park, #StPete! 🚀✨ If you see us, be sure to stop and say hi, and grab a take-home art kit or some free books. 📚 Little surprises are hiding in the trees, too! 🌿 #opentoexplore Ne
Why do we do this work? 🚀🚀 SPACEcraft is in a category of art called “socially engaged practice” – describing art that is collaborative and participatory, with the shared act of creation as its focus. Our project was designed to
Where has SPACEcraft traveled? To public parks all over Pinellas County! 🌳🌳 After some early experimentation, our team chose to bring the SPACEs exclusively to public park sites. They’re shady and peaceful places where people are already com

SPACEcraft was produced with the support of Creative Pinellas and funded by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners. This public art project is an original work conceived and produced by Carrie Boucher, Bridget Elmer, and Mitzi Gordon. The final deployment was funded through a grant from the City of Largo, and delivered by artists Emily Stone and Tiffany Elliott.

This map shows SPACEcraft’s Pinellas County journey from August 2020 through March 2023.

 
 

Repurposing locally sourced shipping containers in an open-air environment, SPACEcraft traveled to Pinellas host communities and parks to present creative programs inspired by the themes of Make, Play, Read, and Grow.

Always-accessible interactive activities included a magnetic poetry wall, magnetic shapes mural, playable Duplo block wall, and a free public plant share.

Learn more about this innovative project and its origins here.