Foothills’ artist helps create one of world’s largest public mosaic art projects in Chile

Artist Susan M. Crocenzi’s contemporary mosaic art is on display at the Art Works Gallery in Grass Valley. We often feature it in our magazine.

“Susan Crocenzi’s work is just plain honest. Her artworks celebrate the natural rhythm and flow of materials. Susan dares to relinquish control and simply allows the story she’s telling to unfold, sincerely.” —Brit Hammer-Dijks, author: Mosaic: Finding Your Own Voice

In January, Crocenzi will join 60 mosaic artists from across the world in creating a new mosaic mural that will adorn the front of town hall of Puente Alto, Chile, a suburb of Santiago.

The group was selected by Chilean artist Isidora Paz López, a local artist who was responsible for leading the team that recently completed more than 4,000 square meters of mosaics covering the light rail system that links Puente Alto to Santiago. It is one of the largest public arts projects in the world.

“What was once three drab metro stations and 84 eye-numbing track support columns is now a shimmering, vibrant, visually stunning celebration of the area’s flora, fauna and history,” according to an article about the project in MosaicArtNow.com. “And, thanks to the city’s unparalleled commitment to mosaic, it is continuing to grow in exciting new ways.”

The Town Hall mural, which is being called an International Mosaic Intervention, is the next step in Puente Alto’s appreciation of the art form. Crocenzi and her fellow artists will be using their own distinctive mosaic styles to interpret the area’s flora and fauna.

The rest of the article is here.

A video of the light-rail mosaic project is here:

Video produced by “Subraya Producciones”
Directed by Nicolás Gallegos Bucarey and Guillermo Cortés Acuña
Music : Steve Reich – Section V – VI & IX, La Lupe – Busamba,
José Luis Encinas – Luna de Fiesta, Cecil Gonzalez – Nguillatún