Balancing

Title: Balancing
LC Subject: Painting Ethnic art painting (image-making) paintings (visual works) oil paintings (visual works)
Creator: Josephson, Mary
Description: This view presents a context within the Stevenson Union for Mary Josephson's painting, Balancing. josephson_balancing_sou_stevensonunion_2007 mary@maryjosephson.com The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Arts Council of Southern Oregon. You may view their website at http://www.artscouncilso.org/
View: contextual
Location: Stevenson Union, Southern Oregon University >> Jackson County >> Oregon >> United States Jackson County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland Oregon A map of this location may be viewed at http://www.sou.edu/map/flashmap.html
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: josephson_balancing_sou_stevensonunion_2007
Accession Number: josephson_balancing_sou_stevensonunion_2007
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Josephson, Mary
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Measurements: 60 x 48 inches
Material: double French cleat and screws Painting; oil on wood
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 2006 Southern Oregon University Stevenson Union 2006_sou_stevenson-union
Art Series: Connecting
Has Version: digital files; JPEG; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: Stevenson Union, SOU Campus
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: As I expanded my theme of nourishment for artwork within the Stevenson Union a connectedness to the world came to the forefront. As world citizens we are nourished by a connection to one another through recognition of mutual basic needs and desires to grow and prosper as human beings. The first symbol that comes to my mind when thinking of Ashland is gateway. The essence of Southern Oregon University's liberal arts education philosophy is a gateway to responsible citizenship in the world community. I want this project to reflect, visually, our connectedness into the whole world. The Stevenson Union is a place where people come together for a variety of reasons. It is a center for student life and activities and offers nourishment, food for the mind and spirit. As I thought about what replenishes our bodies and spirits, coupled with keywords for this project and the mission statement of the university, images of exotic places, the sources of the nourishment, came to mind: chocolate from Africa, coffee from Arabia, fresh air from South America, the wonders of the traditional Asian diet, the source of our myths, and music from Europe and the bounty and comfort we call home in North America. As I looked toward each continent the inventions, arts, flora and fauna, the culture and fabric became woven together by human beings with whom we share the same hope and ideals, all of us as a world community bringing these expectations to fruition in the world. I developed each drawing to include a broad range of adventure, discovery and learning possibilities. While maintaining a strong compositional dynamic by anchoring the paintings with a central figure or figures in the foreground; each work sends the viewer on an adventure playfully depicting a myriad of nourishing and enriching elements building dreams into reality. (excerpt from Josephson artist statement, 2006)