February 2012
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Frontier Fellow Report: Jamey Herman (Week 3)
ROAD TRIP
SALT LAKE CITY
SPIRAL JETTY
We knew that the Jetty wouldn’t be visible this time of year, but I wanted to get a photo of the Jetty fully submerged. I am interested in how Robert Smithson created this piece so that it would be very difficult for man to control the experience of viewing it. His work deals with the idea of Man’s involvement with nature, and time. The Jetty’s difficulty...
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Why 'The Death of Architecture' May Not Be Such a... →
Like public health did for medicine, the emerging field of public interest design offers a new direction for architecture, one that takes into account the needs of the other 99 percent of the population that has historically been marginalized or disempowered from shaping their environments. While architecture has divorced itself from related fields like environmental psychology, landscape...
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Frontier Fellow Report
I have been helping out at the Community Center, where they run an after school program for kids ages 4 to 12. On Valentines Day we crafted cards and decorated cakes. Which was exciting but not as much as when on Presidents’ Day we made Lincoln hats and beards!
I came into this program expecting to make friends, make art and help the community. I never expected I would be working with...
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Position Open for PACT Program Development... →
Our non-profit, The Friends of the Green River Positive Action Community Team (PACT), currently is seeking to fill a management position. This position of Program Development Director would constitute one of a three-person management team that has been created in the restructuring phase of our non-profit.In essence, this person would be the face of the non-profit, establishing relationships and...
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40 Day Challenge
Well, I hope you all had fun yesterday on Mardi Gras because we now challenge you to 40 days of serving your community! Ha!
During Lent, many commit to fasting or giving up certain types of luxury. However, maybe this year instead of “giving up” sweets/television/[insert your personal vice here], how about just giving? Here are a few ways to “give in” and not “give...
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Green River Launch Complex Photos →
Photos from the archives! Check out all of the photos here.
A Moral Failure: Foundations and Rural America →
Community by Design
Epicenter’s response to the blog post “Community by Design” from More/Than/This (Blog)™, re-blogged at the bottom of this post.
In regards to the question of, “Where does the community enter the design process?” This is our perception: The point at which the community engages is in the idea generation found in brief conversations at the post office or at longer brain...
Architecture for the Other 99% →
: The fall of “Starchitects” and the rise of public-interest design.
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How to Build Community
Turn off your TV - Leave your house - Know your neighbors - Look up when you are walking - Greet people - Sit on your stoop - Plant flowers - Use your library - Play together - Buy from local merchants - Share what you have - Help a lost dog - Take children to the park - Garden together - Support neighborhood schools - Fix it even if you didn’t break it - Have pot lucks - Honor elders - Pick up...
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The Art of the Rural: Rural Studio, Cotton... →
An article from our friends at The Art of the Rural mentioning Epicenter. Enjoy!
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“If we all just go there together, we’ll get there faster.”
– Kathy Brady, Green River community member
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Future Frontier Fellow: Sarah Baugh
We’re ecstatic to announce a Future Frontier Fellow, Sarah Baugh!!!!
Sarah graduated from Portland State University where she focused on graphic design. Sarah lives in Portland, Oregon. She regularly collaborates with past Frontier Fellow, Nicole Lavelle, and one of favorite visitors ever, Justin Flood. Check out our favorite collaboration between Sarah, Nicole, and Justin called North South...
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Design for Good Syndrome
morethanthisblog:
There are several “Design for Good” entities that will likely never move past surface-level efforts for social change until they realize that systems change is (1) a cross-disciplinary sport, (2) a long haul and (3) not always popular.
Until designers find a way to move beyond our networks of peer support, the result of any Design for Good (or Social Design if you prefer) Lab,...
New Position Announced
The Epicenter is seeking immediate fulfillment of a new AmeriCorps VISTA position. Contact us very soon if you are interested. We intend to fill the position by February 16th.
Information on the position:
The position was granted to us courtesy of the County’s Business Expansion and Retention Program. The position is for one year in Green River, Utah at the Epicenter. Below you’ll...
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WatchDog
Sounds Good Looks Good #8
Ali Osborn
Frontier Fellow
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WatchSounds Good Looks Good #7 Ali Osborn, Frontier Fellow