Linear steel football players that are captured in football play stance., Forward Pass; William Disbro Studio; 75 Campbell Ave. Jamestown, NY 14701; 8 feet high; stainless steel; Univ. of Oregon; Eugene, Oregon; 1991, William S. Disbro has been a professor of art at Jamestown Community College, and has received a commission to create a sculpture for the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore. The 8-foot high piece, titles 'Forward Pass' and fabricated in 1/4-inch stainless steel, will be located between the university's new Len Casanova Athletic Center and football stadium. Funds for the sculpture were provided by the Oregon Arts Commission's Arts in Public Places program. A member of the JCC faculty since 1970, Disbro earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Kent State University. He was awarded a state University of New York Research Foundation Grant in 1976. A 1987 recipient of the JCC Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Disbro is a member of the College Art Association and the National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts. (Unknown author 1991 materials from Oregon Arts Commission Binder), 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/
This view details a stone inscription that reads, "Our thoughts are continuely turning homeward." Sandra Stone, a researcher and writer, worked in conjunction with multi-media sculptor, Bill Will to present text that was taken from records in the Oregon State Archives and other sources. These records include donation land claim files, journals, a divorce petition, minutes, memorandums, and a proclamation. (information from OAC documentation), Bill Will; 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
This view details work in progress on a stone inscrition. Sandra Stone wrote the text on the west lower wall of the main entry: "Within are recorded the common words of the uncommon people of the state of Oregon." Stone, a researcher and writer, worked in conjunction with multi-media sculptor, Bill Will to present text taken from records in the Oregon State Archives and other sources. These records include donation land claim files, journals, a divorce petition, minutes, memorandums, and a proclamation. (information from OAC documentation), During installation; 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
This fountain consists of a concrete stair that holds several large boulders. The water cascades down the stairs, around the boulders, and fills a small pool at the bottom., Alice Wingwall; Science Complex; U of O Water Feature, Alice Wingwall is a blind artist. She suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary degenerative disease of the eye. She relies to a great deal on her other senses in envisioning her art, and designed the fountain in the courtyard by the sounds water makes when falling on rocks. Wingwall earned an M.F.A. in sculpture from UC Berkeley and was a professor of sculpture and director of the studio arts program at Wellesley College. She has explored many different mediums, and she trained in stained-glass fabrication in Paris. She co-directed a film with Wendy Snyder MacNeil titled ""Miss BlindSight/The Wingwall Auditions,"" which won Best Independent Film at the 25th anniversary New England Film and Video Festival., http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/spark/profile.jsp?id=4133, 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/
Norman Courtney; clay molds; Len Casanova Athletic Center, U of O; 1991, norman@normancourtney.com, http://www.normancourtney.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/
This fountain consists of a concrete stair that holds several large boulders. The water cascades down the stairs, around the boulders, and fills a small pool at the bottom., Alice Wingwall; Cascade Charley; A Water Contemplation Space, Alice Wingwall is a blind artist. She suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary degenerative disease of the eye. She relies to a great deal on her other senses in envisioning her art, and designed the fountain in the courtyard by the sounds water makes when falling on rocks. Wingwall earned an M.F.A. in sculpture from UC Berkeley and was a professor of sculpture and director of the studio arts program at Wellesley College. She has explored many different mediums, and she trained in stained-glass fabrication in Paris. She co-directed a film with Wendy Snyder MacNeil titled ""Miss BlindSight/The Wingwall Auditions,"" which won Best Independent Film at the 25th anniversary New England Film and Video Festival., http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/spark/profile.jsp?id=4133, 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/
This is a dark photograph showing a detail view of the artwork "Home." Here is a wood panel featuring the words "seed, wind, crop, and blade" in beige at the top of the panel. There is a large 'H' in blue between the panels of seed and wind. Starting at the word wind, the bottom third of the panels are green, while the upper portion is stained blue. There is a white exterior sketch of a house on the paneling., Home; stained wood, http://www.pdxcontemporaryart.com/main/shows/savinar_sept06.html, 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
This view depicts a detail of a mixed media sculpture that combines red lights and angular forms in a formation on the ceiling., 22 feet 8 x 9 x 6 feet; LED light through acrylic plastic sheet & hardboard (painted), aluminum and steel support structure, Peter V. Teneau was born in 1929 in New Rochelle, New York, US., 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/
This is a dark photograph showing a detail view of the artwork "Home." Here is featured the red stained wood panels with black sketches of an interior of a house, depicting couches and a bookshelf. There is a yellow square in the middle of two of the three red panels, housing a light blue 'E' in calligraphy., Home; stained wood, http://www.pdxcontemporaryart.com/main/shows/savinar_sept06.html, 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
This view presents a detail of the slightly convex, variously proportioned rectangles and trapezoidal shapes with fluctuating surface treatments that create the apperance of a cross-hatch weave that surronds the main stairway in Lawrence Hall., Polished & burnished heat-treated stainless steel; 60 x 5 inches x 10 feet, 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: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/