Storyteller (sculpture) (Eugene, Oregon)

Title
Storyteller (sculpture) (Eugene, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative
Ken Kesey Memorial Statue (Eugene, Oregon)
Creator
Helzer, Peter
Creator Display
Peter Helzer (artist)
Description
This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
View
detail view
Provenance
Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal
2000-2009
Work Type
architecture (object genre) open spaces squares, public plazas (squares) sculpture (visual work) outdoor sculpture public sculpture
Latitude
44.0495039
Longitude
-123.0930272
Location
Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address
Broadway Plaza
Date
2003
View Date
2003
Identifier
pna_20651
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Holder
University of Oregon
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Institution
University of Oregon
Note
The Storyteller commemorates author Ken Kesey (1935-2001) and depicts Kesey reading to his grandchildren, Kate, Caleb, and Jordan. The statue is designed so that people can sit on the bench. A plaque on the work quotes a passage from Kesey's novel, Sometimes a Great Notion. Peter Helzer received an M. F. A. degree in sculpture (1983) from the University of Oregon. He operates a bronze foundry in Dexter, Oregon.