Recipe Box
Illegal Art

Opening Reception Thursday, February 6 from 5-8

ARTIST TALK Wednesday, February 19 from 5:30-6:30

Ah Haa School for the Arts welcomes back Illegal Art and founding member, Otis Kriegel for Recipe Box, an interactive participatory-based installation to inspire self-reflection, thought and human connection. Recipe Box is a public collection of ingredients, measurements, and instructions for life. Some recipes for life have been perfected through trial and error, while others are tried and true traditions handed down over generations.

Ah Haa invites visitors to add a recipe or read those recipes that have been shared by others. The exhibition will include collaborative classes and “recipe swap” with Guest Chef Carlin Greenstein.

Illegal Art, founded in the summer of 2001, is a collective of artists whose goal is to create participatory-based public art. Each piece is presented or distributed in a method in which participation is simple and encouraged. They have been featured in The Guardian, New York Times, Vogue, DWELL, NPR and completed three projects (Wash Away Your Fears, TO DO, This Is Me) at Ah Haa’s HAHA in 2023.

Join Otis Kriegel on Wednesday, February 19th from 5:30-6:30pm for a brief artist talk and retrospective of inspiration, process, and projects from Illegal Art, the public art collective he cofounded 25 years ago dedicated to creating participatory-based projects to inspire self-reflection, thought, and human connection through art. At this event Otis will launch HOMETOWN, an interactive project that challenges our understanding of where we come from and what we consider our hometown. As well, the first 20 attendees will receive a signed copy of their book, SUGGESTION, published by Chronicle Books, and 100 feet of PERSONAL SPACE.