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 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/
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/
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/
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/