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1. Native American Cradle Board
Native American Cradle Board
Description
This functional cradle board displays beaded adornment in the form of yellow and blue flowers and green vines., Priscilla Bettles; Native American Craddleboard; elk hide and beadwork; 33 x 10.5 x 15.5 inches, http://www.openc.k12.or.us/start/visual/basics/folk/vbas7e.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/
2. Coal Creek Series
Coal Creek Series
Description
A large, metal wall relief sculpture comprised of several different sections of fastened metal sheets. Textured markings on the surface of the metal offer visual interest, while the overall form resembles an open-mouthed Pac Man character. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Aluminum, ivanmorrison@earthlink.net, http://home.earthlink.net/~seraphonic/Ivan.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
3. creative process, view 4
creative process, view 4
Description
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; detail, 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/
4. creative process, view 3
creative process, view 3
Description
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/
5. She Flies With Her Own Wings
She Flies With Her Own Wings
Description
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/
6. front
front
Description
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/
7. Untitled (West)
Untitled (West)
Description
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/
8. creative process, view 5
creative process, view 5
Description
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; first cast test, 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/
9. She Flies With Her Own Wings
She Flies With Her Own Wings
Description
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 showcases the bird form 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/
10. Coal Creek Series
Coal Creek Series
Description
A large, metal wall relief sculpture comprised of several different sections of fastened metal sheets. Textured markings on the surface of the metal offer visual interest, while the overall form resembles an open-mouthed Pac Man character. Variations between duplicate images directly relate to original source materials., Aluminum; 59 x 57 1/2 x 10 inches, Coal Creek Series, ivanmorrison@earthlink.net, http://home.earthlink.net/~seraphonic/Ivan.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
11. Quilt Block: Prairie Queen
Quilt Block: Prairie Queen
Description
This folded-paper relief is comprised of a grid pattern that alternates between metallic, small grid sections and sections of both dark gray and light gray paper. Colored confetti also adorns the surface., Nexus; Quilt Block: Prairie Queen; 32 x 31 inches; Portland State Office Building; © 1985;, Nexus is a design group specializing in textile collaboration, including works in paper. 1986 group members include Susanna Campbell Kuo, Marie Lyman and Alice Van Leunen.<br>The paper relief sculptures are based on traditional Japanese origami., 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/
12. She Flies With Her Own Wings
She Flies With Her Own Wings
Description
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 first floor reveals the cutaway between the first and second floors where one can look up into it to view the bird form hanging from the ceiling above., 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/
13. side
side
Description
This view presents context for Muriel Castanis' sculpture, Ideals, as seen from a perspective looking away from 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/
14. Ra
Ra
Description
This sculpture combines sheet lead, which has been pieced together with what appears to be rivets or nails to form a trapezoidal base, and an oval-shaped stone that has been incised with two downward-pointing arrows. The stone perches on top of the trapezoidal, sheet lead base., Mike Taylor; Ra; stone, lead; 13 x 12 x 12 inches, 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/
15. creative process, view 6
creative process, view 6
Description
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; with patina, 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/
16. creative process, view 1
creative process, view 1
Description
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; View II; wax cast; 12/91, 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/
17. creative process, view 2
creative process, view 2
Description
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; View I; wax cast; 12/91, 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/
18. Weasel Spirit Mask
Weasel Spirit Mask
Description
This sculptural form presents a mask of a human face hybridized with a weasel's face. The mask is flanked by two weasel forms hyridized with human forms. Red beads provide detail for the eyes, noses, and mouths as well as the connections between the weasels' feet and the sides of the mask., John Hoover; Weasel Spirit Mask; red cedar/oil pigments/beads; 21 x 17 x 4 inches, http://www.ancestralspirits.com/ws/alaskan/johnhoover/johnhoover1.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/
19. Ideals
Description
The following series of images presents two contextual views of Muriel Castanis' completed sculpture, "Ideals," as well as six views of the construction process in her studio., 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/
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