Beaver Fans
- Title
- Beaver Fans
- LC Subject
- Sculpture Metal sculpture Bronze sculpture Bronze founding Outdoor sculpture Public sculpture Football Football fans sculpture (visual work) public sculpture outdoor sculpture reliefs (sculptures) metalwork (visual works)
- Alternative
- xxx
- Creator
- Morandi, Thomas (Tom)
- Description
- This bronze wall relief depicts sports fans with their arms raised in the act of cheering on their team. The figures emerge from the wall in varying degrees of completeness, starting with the most present figures in the foreground and the least present in the background. Tom Morandi received his B.S. in Art Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1966 and his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Ohio University in 1971.He has been a Professor of Art at Oregon State University since 1989. tmorandi@comcast.net; tmorandi@oregonstate.edu The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
- Location
- Reser Stadium, Oregon State University >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 26th Street, Corvallis Oregon
- Date
- 1975/2012
- Identifier
- percent_m000
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Morandi, Thomas (Tom)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- application/xml
- Material
- Epoxyed to concrete behind brick wall via 5/8 x 12 inch bronze rods- a blind mount. Sculpture; Metalwork; silicon bronze; cast bronze - plaster life casts to wax positives to cast sections to welded and finished bronze to patina to lacquer
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 2006 Oregon State University Reser Stadium 2006_osu_reser-stadium
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- To view a map of the artwork location in context to Oregon State University, see http://oregonstate.edu/cw_tools/campusmap/locations.php Reser Stadium, south facing coulumn #3
- Biographical Information
- While it is comonplace to see sculpture that honors athletes, it's rare to find one that recognizes the fans who support them. This piece is for those who cheer the victories and curse the deteats. Those whose mood is bright for days after a win. Those who can't wait for each season to begin and devour every scrap of information about the Beavers they can find. Reser Stadiumhas been expanded to house those screaming tens of thousands who will pack it on autumn Saturdays and it is, I believe, the perfect site for a sculpture that honors them and Beaver fans everywhere. (Morandi, 2007)
