Cal Poly Rose Float Program collaborates on art installation in Downtown SLO
Erin Fe
and last updated 2021-05-09 01:53:33-04
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
The May Flower Initiative returning to San Luis Obispo
and last updated 2021-04-27 02:38:33-04
The May Flower Initiative is coming back to downtown San Luis Obispo.
It was launched during the first shutdown last May, according to Downtown SLO.
The goal is to help bring hope to the community through art.
The Downtown SLO website says more than 85 windows will be decorated, along with more than 60 artists participating.
A map of all the window displays can be found here.
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–After more than a year of non-operation due to COVID-19, Downtown SLO announced this week that the Thursday night Downtown San Luis Obispo Farmers’ Market will be returning to Higuera street every Thursday beginning on May 6 from 6-9 p.m.
Downtown SLO says they are excited to welcome the community back to the market but will be doing so in phases over the coming year. The market’s first phase will operate as a certified farmers’ market with other essential foods and goods as defined by the markets that are able to operate under the red tier of the California Blueprint for a Safer Economy.
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