A Live Art Installation Emphasizes Pioneers, Dreamers In This Bay Area City

REDWOOD CITY, CA — Visibility. Representation. Transparency. These are just some of the messages a Bay Area-artist will look to produce at a live art installation for six weeks through June 29 at the Art Kiosk on Broadway Street.

“Our Prism of Dreams” is a live art project Caleb Dowdell, a multidisciplinary artist, will be constructing live for the public to witness over the next several weeks at 2208 Broadway St. in Redwood City.

The six-week exhibition will consist of 5-feet tall, five-sided plexiglass prisms painted with semi-trasparent portraits of historical and cultural trailblazers.

“In a time when visibility and representation matter more than ever, Dowdell transforms the Art Kiosk into a space of transparency, both literally and metaphorically,” a press release stated.

The installation will feature Mary Jackson, the first Black female NASA engineer; Janelle Monáe, a performer and activist who portrayed Jackson in “Hidden Figures;” Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist and freedom fighter; Victoria Manalo Draves, the first Asian American U.S. Olympic gold medalist; Coach Herman Boone, who led one of the earliest integrated high school football teams.; and José Hernández, a former migrant farm worker who became one of the first Latino astronauts, the press release stated.

This will be a live artist residency where visitors can engage with Dowdell and watch the creation of the work.

This project was created in partnership with the Redwood City Improvement Association and Fung Collaboratives.