SPACEcraft in the News
Photo by Sandra Dohnert
83 Degrees
Creative exploration SPACEcraft lands at parks around Pinellas
by Christopher Curry, 11.30.21
On a comfortable late Saturday afternoon in October, Lake Vista Park near the southern tip of St. Petersburg is bustling with activity. There are people walking the trails, playing pick-up basketball, grilling out and, in one oak tree -shaded corner of the park, playing freeform music on crystal singing bowls outside of a bright red and orange shipping container with “Make” and “Play” painted on the side in vivid pink and yellow lettering. [more]
St. Pete Catalyst
Traveling art project lands in St. Pete
by Joe Opaleski, 9.22.21
Two brightly colored shipping containers have been rotating around Pinellas County since the summer of 2020, bringing craft sessions and art demonstrations to different communities. Now, they’ve landed in St. Pete. [more]
Photo by Todd Bates
Photo by Todd Bates
Daytime on WFLA News Channel 8
Explore Spacecraft
by Danny New, 9.7.21
Just because summer camp is done does not mean the crafting has to stop. In fact, in Pinellas County sometimes the crafting comes to you, via a recycled shipping container, of course.
Danny New interviews team members Carrie Boucher and Mitzi Gordon for Daytime. [more]
Creative Loafing Tampa
'SPACEcraft’ art containers encourage Tampa Bay to get outside and unwind
by Jennifer Ring, 8.19.21
As COVID-19 numbers creep up, we’re looking for more stuff to do outside. Bonus points if it’s relaxing because life is stressful these days. Enter Spacecraft (stylized “SPACEcraft”)—Mitzi Jo Gordon, Carrie Boucher and Bridget Elmer’s traveling art project. Don’t get too excited by the name though, Spacecraft won’t be flying you to the moon, where there’s no COVID, this fall. The acronym stands for Social Practice Activating Creative Environments. [more]
Photo by Todd Bates
Tampa Bay Times
SPACEcraft brings free activities to parks in Pinellas County
by Maggie Duffy, 8.13.21
Parks throughout Pinellas County have been getting a dose of creativity the past year, courtesy of public art project SPACEcraft, which brings free, hands-on experiences led by local artists to the community. [more]
The Gabber
Clymer’s SPACEcraft Takes Off
by Abby Baker, 7.7.21
With the opening of SPACEcraft, a traveling art project run by Tampa Bay area artists, for four hours a week, Clymer Park becomes a Mecca for the imagination. The Make and Play-themed shipping container-turned art experience will remain until August, opening to the public on Thursdays and Saturdays, 6 to 8 p.m. [more]
Photo by Abby Baker
