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From YouTube: Artist Interview: Leah Brenner Clack
Description
Leah is making a series of “Stay Safe” ceramic totems to leave as free art gifts around the Martin Acres neighborhood. The totems will symbolize the energy of nature and the human spirit, offering a reminder that we are all in this together, even at a distance. Creative Neighborhoods: COVID-19 Work Projects was launched by the Office of Arts + Culture and Create Boulder: https://boulderarts.org/public-art/creative-neighborhoods/covid-19-work-projects/
A
Two
years
ago
I
got
into
making
pottery,
and
so
I
take
classes
at
the
pottery
lab
here
in
boulder,
do
mostly
hand,
building
and
sculptural
things
and
really
just
like
to
experiment
and
make
things
without
an
agenda
for
my
work
with
streetwise.
It
definitely
affected
the
after-school
programming
that
we
that
we
do
so.
A
We
had
some
programs
with
westminster
school
district
that
got
shut
down
in
march,
and
so
that
kind
of
shut
everything
down
I
mean
I
mean
you
know
everybody
was
just
sort
of
on
lockdown
in
their
house,
so
the
bonus
of
that
for
me
was
to
have
time
to
actually
just
make
art
myself
and
use
that
as
a
therapeutic
thing.
I,
the
pottery
lab,
was
closed
but
still
gave
us
some
resources
and
were
firing
things
for
us.
So
we
brought
you
know
able
to
bring
clay
home
and
and
work
on
projects
there.
A
My
project
for
the
grant
is
sort
of
it
sort
of
got
started
for
me
with
a
group
that
I'm
in
boulder
county
leadership,
arts,
leadership
forum
and
through
that
group,
we've
done
art,
abandonment
projects.
So
we've
you
know
gotten
together
and
made
art
to
leave
around
the
city
for
other
people
to
find
we
did
a
project
like
that
up
at
colorado,
creative
industries
summit
last
year.
It
was
super
fun
had
a
lot
of
people
involved,
and
it's
just
a
really
fun
thing
to
do
is
to
leave
art
for
people
to
find.