Dennis Oppenheim lives in New York, N. Y. He was born in Electric City, Washington, and attended California College of Arts and Crafts, where he received a BFA degree in 1965. He moved to new York in 1966, where he taught preschool and later high school art while working towards his first single exhibition, which was held in 1968. Oppenheim creates conceptual art, performance art, earth works and mechanical pieces, producing a wide range of sculpture. (information from Oregon Arts Commission materials), http://www.home.earthlink.net/~dennisoppenheim, 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/
George Greenmayer; Let the Games Begin; forged, welded, painted steel; 20 inch tall figures, http://www.greenamyer.com/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
George Greenmayer; Let the Games Begin; forged, welded, painted steel; 20 inch tall figures, http://www.greenamyer.com/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
A bronze sculpture of a woman, representing Alice Biddle, in a long dress with long sleeves, viewed from the back side. The sculpture is surrounded by trees., OSU Sculpture Project; St. Maur, 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/
A colorful, collaged mural that vertically repeats a simple square, geometric pattern., Elliott; Fractals and Trees; 40 feet x 4 feet 4 inches, http://www.reflectorart.com/dick/index.html, 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/
This sculptural mobile hangs from the ceiling and consists of corregated white rectangular shapes arranged in a triangular form. Metal wire and tubing support it from the top., Tim Prentice; Flock; Kelley Eng.; 2005, timprentice@mac.com, http://www.timprentice.com/, 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/
A three by four grid of highly reflective squares., state capital; Bruce West; state capital vol III, From 1997 - 2005, Bruce West was Head of the Sculpture Department and Senior Lecturer at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon., 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
To commemorate the Historic Alsea Bay Bridge which was designed by Conde McCullough in the 1930's and was replaced by a new bridge in 1992, the Oregon Arts Commission selected Susan Springer Werschkul to create a tile mural on the exterior of the Interpretive Center in Waldport. In addition to a handmade tile wall measuring 55 feet in length and 10 feet in height, the community of Waldport became involved with the project by contributing tiles to honor relatives, ancestors and friends. (information provided by artist, 2007), Sue Werschkul; Illahe Tileworks; Alsea Bay Bridge; Tile Mural - waldport completed 8/93, Tile artist and owner of Illahe Tileworks in Ashland, Oregon, artist Susan E. Springer ( Susan Werschkul at time of award) designs and produces a wide variety of decorative handmade tile as well as custom murals and art tile works. Prior to graduate study toward an MFA at the University of Oregon, she worked extensively in ceramic sculpture and pottery. Living and working in Ashland, Oregon in the foothills of the Siskiyou Mountains, there is abundant inspiration in the landscape and wildlife found in the forests and gardens of the area. <br>Always striving to keep a balance between one of a kind custom work, murals, public art and the studio production tile line, each aspect of the work contributes to the development of the other. In addition to studio production lines, Ms. Springer has been designing commissions for residential, private and public clients since 1979. She has completed tile installations for the state of Oregon and private corporations. (2007), Illahe Design Studio and Gallery info@illahetile.com 500 A Street Suite 3 Ashland, OR 97520 Phone (541) 488 5072 Fax (541) 488 2741, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Oregon Coast Council for the Arts
Glossy strips of blonde wood, joined side-by-side in varying directions create a large abstract form., Jan Zack; state capital vol III; drapery of memory; extra, Jan Zack (pronounced "Yon Zock") was born in Slany, Czechoslovakia in 1914 on the eve of the First World War. During the 1930's, he trained in Prague to become a painter and decorator. He came to New York in 1938 to work on the Czech Pavilion for the World's Fair and never returned to his native country, kept out by the invasion of the Nazis in 1939 and the Communist takeover in 1948. He lived in Rio de Janeiro, and the countryside of Brazil for the next eleven years. He married in 1951, and he and his wife, Judith, moved to Victoria, British Columbia, which was her home. Seven years later, Zack settled in Eugene Oregon when the University of Oregon (UO) hired him as a sculpture professor., http://www.askart.com/askart/z/jan_zach/jan_zach.aspx, 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
Walt Gordinier; concrete planters; VAB, Walter Gordinier Studios, LLC., 3608 S. E. Milwaukie Ave., Portland Oregon (503) 234-1083 email: me@waltergordinier.com, http://www.waltergordinier.com/, 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
