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Cal Poly Rose Float Program collaborates on art installation in Downtown SLO
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Since December, Mission Plaza in Downtown San Luis Obispo has been hosting Plaza Pop-Up art installations.
For this month, a collaboration between the city of San Luis Obispo, Downtown SLO, Karson Butler events, as well as the Cal Poly Rose Float Program, brings art that celebrates spring and rejuvenation.
The Rose Float Program was commissioned for a three-week installation, where they will show the process behind building one of their famous designs.
âFor the first week, weâre showing off our construction team: we have our mechanisms and we have our structural elements. The second week weâre showing off our design, our more intricate metal working as well as some of the paint work done. The third week (which is the 23rd of May), it will be fully decorated with fresh flowers as well as dried flowers, Avi McManus, Vice President of the Cal