This view details steps in the lost-wax casting process used to create Ideals., Muriel Castanis; Ideals; 444 6th Avenue, New York, New York 10011; 1992; original bronze, http://www.okharris.com/artists/castanis.htm, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
This sculptural installation, which can be viewed from either the first or second floor lobbies, presents a bird in flight attached to the ceiling, dramatically lit by an elaborate lighting mechanism that extends up from the circular cutaway in the ceiling between the first and second floors. This particular view, from the second floor lobby, presents a contextual view of the sculpture and its lighting mechanism., D. Merkt; She Flies with Her Own Wings, http://www.4culture.org/publicart/registry/sites/sites_artist.asp?ArtistID=52, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
This view presents context for Muriel Castanis' sculpture, Ideals, as seen from a perspective looking toward the Portland State Office Building. It consists of the illusion of a human female form, defined by the draping and gathering of cloth rather than the positive space of the form herself., Muriel Castanis; Ideals; 444 6th Avenue, New York, New York 10011; 1992, http://www.okharris.com/artists/castanis.htm, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
Flourescent pink, blue, green, yellow, and orange create a backdrop for five large butterfly forms whose wings display geometric patterning and mosaic inlay. This view presents a detail of the butterflies on the left of the main courtyard wall., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
A green gate, inlaid with ceramic mosaic pieces that present plant forms and an insect form., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
Three of six bug benches, each decorated with unique colorful, geometric patterns., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
This linear, metal sculpture spans the plaza area in front of the Portland State Engineering Building with a curved form that depends on triangular geometry for support. The form is grounded by seven linearly defined triangular shapes that also house lighting that illuminates the sculpture at night., Ed Carpenter; Tecotosh; Maseeh College of Engineering PSU; 4/2006; 8 images, http://www.edcarpenter.net/profile/EdCarpenter_resume.pdf, http://www.edcarpenter.net/home/home.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
A series of four identically sized and shaped metal, rectangular wall relief sculptures. Each section contains wavy relief indentations, and they are arranged side by side and flush to each other.Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., wall relief, stainless steel, sandblasted, 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: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at: http://www.racc.org/
This view details one of the four hand-blown glass vessels included in the installation, Preserved., Janet Lofquist; 1999; Preserved; Photo Credit: Brian Foulkes, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
Three of six bug benches, each decorated with unique colorful, geometric patterns., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/