Oregon Percent for Art

side view

Title
side view
LC Subject
sculpture (visual work) public sculpture outdoor sculpture constructions (sculpture) cast stone granite (rock)
Creator
Wingwall, Alice
Description
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. 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/
Location
Lokey Science Complex >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
Cascade Hall, 1260 Franklin Blvd., Eugene Oregon
Award Date
1990
Identifier
1989_uo_sci-complex_28_a02
Accession Number
1989_uo_sci-complex_28_a02
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
Wingwall, Alice
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Sculpture; Architecture concrete, blocks, grantie, water, tile
Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Relation
1989 UO Science Complex 1989_uo_sci-complex
Has Version
slide; color
Institution
Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note
Rocks contributed by members of the Geology Department. Granite contributed by Charles Atkinson. An interactive campus map of the University of Oregon may be viewed at: http://map.uoregon.edu/ courtyard on the south side of Cascade Hall, surrounded by Volcanology and Pacific Halls
Color Space
RGB