Jennifer Standteiner
Mountain Forge, Inc.
10950 Industrial Way, Ste. A1 Truckee CA 96161
http://www.mtnforge.com/
530.550.0511
Mountain Forge has been a CATT member since 2009. CATT Community Projects has always supported Mountain Forge’s public art installations, even acting as one of the nonprofit partners in an installation entitled Bridging Communities that repurposed 8 tons of original 1936 San Francisco Bay Bridge steel.
When Hans Standteiner began Mountain Forge on the banks of the Truckee River in 1968, he was doing architectural projects for his contractor friends. His son Anton and daughter-in-law Jennifer built the forge up to a full-scale modern blacksmith shop producing all sorts of metalwork including large public art sculptures.
“We literally do it all,” says Jennifer, who was selected to the Public Art Commission of Truckee two years ago. She is also the Truckee High School Boosters Treasurer and Advisory Committee Member for Truckee Arts Alliance and Truckee Cultural District. She is a constant in the volunteer world.
“Mountain Forge has served the Tahoe Basin for more than 50 years. It’s our duty and responsibility to give back to this community that raised us,” she says.