It Begins Within the Circle

Title: It Begins Within the Circle
LC Subject: Glass Glass art Glass construction Glass artists Glass craft Glass engraving Glass painting and staining Glass sculpture Glass, Colored Glass, Ornamental sculpture (visual work) public sculpture Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (R) concept scheme glass (material)
Creator: Feather, Lonnie
Description: Interior of the Student Welcome Center, and third floor student lounge Lonie Feather has worked and lived in Portland, Oregon, and has exhibited her art since 1982. She received her Baccalaureate from Portland State University with Honors in 1987 and was recognized with the 1983 Corning Award as outstanding student while studying at the internationally renowned Pilchuck Glass School. She has received significant awards including Outstanding Woman Artist of Solano County, in 1989 among others. Numerous public and private art commissions also span her career utilizing a variety of mediums and techniques which include painting on glass, glass sandcarving, cast glass, murals, mixed media with glass, wood carving and stone sculpture. The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Columbia Gorge Arts & Culture Council. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
View: third floor installation
Location: Medford >> Jackson County >> Oregon >> United States RCC/SOU Higher Education Center >> Jackson County >> Oregon >> United States Jackson County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 102 South Bartlett, Medford, Oregon
Award Date: 2007
Identifier: Feath_Art_09
Accession Number: Feath_Art_09
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Feather, Lonnie
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Measurements: 17 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches (4 panels cast glass), 51 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches (4 panels clear glass)
Material: Glass 3/4 in. sand-carved, oil painted clear glass and 3/4 in. cast glass with relief texture; Kamar varnish
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: Rogue Community College / Southern Oregon University Higher Education Center Project
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Color Space: RGB Color
Biographical Information: In two expanses of art glass on the First Floor and the Third Floor of the Higher Education Center in downtown Medford, OR, vibrant color and light shift dramatically through panels that are sandcarved and reverse painted on 3/4'' glass with corresponding panels of richly textured cast glass. The art committee expressed a desire that the finished design reflect the combined efforts of Rogue Community College and Southern Oregon University to bring this center to fruition and, thus, the title 'It Begins Within the Circle'. In flowing movement and spirals and oversize images from nature, the pieces are a dynamic abstract representation of the commitment of a community to bring hope and new life through education to the diverse student population of the region. It is the circles in our universe that connect us all.