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About the Project

The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project is a handmade crocheted coral reef that has been on tour in Chicago, New York, and London.  It will travel to Los Angeles, in January, 2009.  It will be on view at The Gallery@theLibrary in the Scottsdale Civic Center Library in April 2009, and then exhibited at the Smithsonian later that year. 

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The reef is as amazingly beautiful and intriguing as it is fun.  It is full of wonderful shapes and rich colors.  It looks remarkably like a real coral reef and also includes elements of the sea like shells, anemones, starfish, kelp and other plant life.  It is a riot of color and is a delight to behold.  The Scottsdale Public Art program will be exhibiting the Institute for Figuring’s (IFF) reef as well as making one of our own.

This Crochet Reef will allow people to participate and experiment using modest, inexpensive materials. By participating you can learn a new skill or refine an existing one. A diverse group of individuals will contribute the individual pieces and join together with others to make Scottsdale’s own crochet coral reef.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Jan 5, 2009:10:00 am - 12:30 pm, at Mountain View Community Center Room 2
Jan 8, 2009: 6:00 pm - 8:45 pm, at Civic Center Library, Silver Room
Jan 13, 2009: 6:00 am - 7:45 pm, at Arabian Library, Meeting Room 2
Jan 17, 2009: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, at Civic Center Library Silver Room
Jan 24, 2009: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, at Arabian Library Meeting Room 2

SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH- OPENING RECEPTION

For more information, please visit the website for The Institute for Figuring here:www.theiff.org

For more information about crochet workshops that will be starting in January 2009, please email your request to this address SPA_Projects@sccarts.org.