On the ground floor the bases of the columns are clad with steel plates. Inside there are lights and holes in the steel to suggest fragments of an atomic pattern and represent solid-state physics, the foundation of the physical sciences. The silvery steel light standards on the second floor are shaped to look like two molecules merging and are there to represent the molecular science fields. The staircase leading to the upper floors is faced with the frieze painted with a design like the spiraling "double-helix" of DNA- the molecular chain on which living matter is based. On the top floor, suspended from the ceiling, is a stainless steel sculpture of 1,800 laser-cut stars, representing the field of astrophysics (Bloomer, 1989)., K. Bloomer; Physics Wall; 6-89, kent.bloomer@yale.edu, http://www.bloomerstudio.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/
An abstracted bronze sculpture with the base being a large 'x' with five red squares surrounding the right leg of the 'x'. Above that are more bronze shapes and plates with a yellow and purple object in the middle. It is as if this bronze sculpture is holding this yellow and purple object, maybe as a shield., Untitled; [no.] 2; front view, 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, http://www.tommorandi.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/
This piece depicts the head of a raven with a Kwakiutt Indian mask of a raven on top (OAC documentation, 1989)., Wayne Chabre; Raven Gargoyle; Raven Gate; copper/patina; 48 x 48 x 30 inches; Museum of Natural History; 1987, waynechabre@charter.net; 704 Catherine Street, Walla Walla, Washington, (509) 301-3596, http://www.waynechabre.com/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: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
Contextual view of patinaed, cast bronze benches with geometric pattern on the seat arranged in a circular grouping., Zebrafish facility; Lin Cook, Cook received a B.S. (Liberal Arts, 1979) and B.F.A. (1980) degrees from the University of Oregon. (resource obtained 2007-08-22 from http://libweb.uoregon.edu/guides/architecture/oregon/architects.html)., 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 piece consists of a symmetrical rock sculpture that funtions as a fountain., Untitled; Marge Hammond-Farness; South Fork Forestry Camp, 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. You may view their website at http://www.coastarts.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 a detail of the bronze wall relief that 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, http://www.tommorandi.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/
This piece consists of five different sculptural forms that depict an antique key and keyholes. This particular view presents a horizontal form that depicts the upper half of the keyhole., Pam Beyette; basalt and bronze; Oregon Public Safety Academy; Quad Plaza; Salem, Oregon, http://www.pambeyette.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. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html