To Think We Came all this Way
- Title
- To Think We Came all this Way
- LC Subject
- Cut glass Decoration and ornament, Architectural Enamel and enameling Glass construction Glass craft Glass sculpture Glassworkers enamels (visual works) glass (material)
- Creator
- Mapelli, Liz
- Description
- The line from a poem by Vern Rutsala, Oregon poet, was selected by Sandra Stone to appear in the glass panel: "To think that we came all this way, risked everything, used our bodies for plows, and arrived here with these lives." The image is taken from an early photograph taken at the turn of the century showing pioneers walking across a train trestle. (information from OAC documentation) Liz Mapelli; To Think We Came All This Way; Fused and enameled glass; 5x16 feet; 1990; archives The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
- View
- full
- Location
- Oregon State Archives >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 800 Summer St. N. E., Salem Oregon
- Award Date
- 1990
- Identifier
- 1991_salem_or-state-arch-bldg_06_a01
- Accession Number
- 1991_salem_or-state-arch-bldg_06_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Mapelli, Liz
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 5 x 16 feet
- Material
- Glass glass, enameled, fused
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1991 Oregon State Archives Building, Salem Oregon 1991_salem_or-state-arch-bldg
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- For additional views of this work after completion of the installation process, please see: http://www.sos.state.or.us/archives/tour/lobbyart.html Curving wall behind information desk
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- A collaborative work with Sunny (Sandra) Peteus - writer - text by Vern Rustala (Oregon poet). (Mapelli, 1991)
