Light Brigade

Anchorage Park Foundation

Funding Received: 2013
Anchorage, AK
$204,635
Funding Period: 1 year and 5 months

Maintaining their artistic focus on the subject of light and dark, themes of special interest to Northern dwellers, the Light Brigade, with the support of the Anchorage Parks Foundation will plan, execute and document a series of site specific urban art interventions that will activate public spaces throughout the community followed by a pilot project to foster an upsurge in creative placemaking among Anchorage artists.

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See below for recent updates, press, and events from this project

press
Jul 18, 2016
A section of Anchorage's Spenard neighborhood scarred for years by shuttered, derelict buildings is on the edge of a transformation. Read More
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Dec 9, 2015
Sixty-eight life-sized sculptures of humans — some peering towards the sky, some shrouded with downcast eyes — currently stand along the snow-covered coastline of Anchorage,... Read More
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Nov 25, 2015
Volunteers shrugged off 7 inches of new snow and a stiff wind that made near-whiteout conditions on Point Woronzof Road to set up a sprawling... Read More
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Nov 25, 2015
Dozens of sculptures made of straw, cement, plaster and burlap are spread across an Anchorage beach in a public art installation that is focusing on... Read More
blog
Update The Light Brigade crew built a strong rigging grid on two levels of the museum roof and installed 180 linear feet of dance floor... Read More
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Update On July 19 th a crowd of in-the-know followers of the Light Brigade assembled in an industrial quadrant of the city known as Ship... Read More
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So much has changed since we wrote our letter of interest to ArtPlace back in November of last year. At that time we had already... Read More