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Art in the TRC
Black and Blue
By Susan Christian. Created in 1993.
Property of the Washington Arts Commission. RTC
is the conservator.
Location: First floor.
Cranes
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By Edward McCarthy.
Created in 2011.
"I prefer to build objects that provide an abstract
image and viewpoint. “Cranes” is made of ship building hull wedges, a
5-pound scale weight, and pieces of scrap steel. The shape of the hull
wedges provided me with the concept for the sculpture. My design
objective was to combine the found industrial and somewhat weighty
objects and create a natural form, longing for flight. I like the idea
of contrasting the rustic industrial steel tools with a frail image of
nature. In this composition, industry and nature are not at odds with
one another."
On loan from the artist.
Location: Second floor.
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Dark Dog, Moving On
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By Vicki Mims. Created in 1984.
Gift to RTC from the Renton Annual Art Show.
Location: First floor.
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Sleeping Madness
By Steve
Engle. Created in 1988.
"I made the
"Sleeping Madness" sculpture in 1988, influenced by my study and love of
Pacific NW Coast Indian sculpture and boat/kayak forms. It has constructed
and carved areas of laminated pine which have then been painted. The carved
head is done from imagination while the constructed body form is based on
ribbed boat structures. I prefer working in kiln dried wood versus
green logs. The dry wood allows me to construct and carve my forms and make
radical changes, adding and subtracting, throughout the building process
which gives me a lot of freedom in my creativity." Steve Engle, 2004.
Property of the Washington Arts Commission. RTC is the conservator.
Location:
First floor, third building entrance alcove, across from room C100-Q.
This is the
Place We Know
By Charles
Pebworth. Created in 1994.
Property of the Washington Arts Commission. RTC is the conservator.
Location:
First floor.
Warm Rain
By Jerry
Scheideman. Created in 1978.
Property of the Washington Arts Commission. RTC is the conservator.
Location:
First floor, main corridor between restrooms and room C-112.
After the Rain
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By Kay
Louise Cook. Created in 2004.
Gift to RTC from the Renton Annual Art Show.
Location:
Second floor.
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All the King's Men
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By Joey Katzer. Created in 2002.
Gift to RTC from the Renton Annual Art
Show.
Location:
Second floor, mid-library.
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Conversations and Confrontations (Cat Tiara)
By
Candace Beardslee.
Created in 1989.
"
(P)art of the inspiration for this piece comes from living in the country
and (especially during the late 1980's) finding boxes of kittens dumped on
the sides of the roads near where I live. I would rescue these kittens and
try to find them homes, usually keeping the ones I couldn't place. We ended
up with quite a few cats in our household, all with distinct personalities
and ways of interacting - not so very different from ourselves. I chose the
tiara as the vehicle for this attempt at expressing diversity for a few
reasons - you don't usually ignore someone wearing a tiara, tiaras
fascinate me as a form of adornment and I was intrigued by making a
contemporary tiara. I wanted it to be a diversion from the usual pomp and
circumstance that surrounds the wearing of tiaras." Candace Beardslee, 2004.
Property of the Washington Arts Commission.
RTC is the conservator.
Location:
Library, on counter between rooms C-205 and C-210.
Clan Ancestor II
By Lawney L. Reyes. Created in 1984.
Property of the Washington Arts Commission.
RTC is the conservator.
Location: Library, on counter between rooms C-207 and
C-208.
Earth Goddess
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By Kim Batemen. Created in 1991.
Gift to RTC from the Renton Annual Art Show.
Location: Library.
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Homme Merchant
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By Rita Luckman. Created in 1992.
Gift to RTC from the Renton Annual Art Show.
Location:
Library
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Moroccan Landscape
By Barbara Barnes Allen. Created in 1994.
Property of the Washington Arts Commission. RTC is the conservator.
Location:
Library, across from Circulation desk.
Untitled
By Dale
Jones. Created in 1984.
Property of the Washington Arts Commission. RTC is the conservator.
Location:
Library, south end in lounge seating alcove.
Water Moon Lily
By Jim
McLeod, Welding student, Renton Technical College Library. 2003.
"Love. A woman inspired me." The sculpture is made of low-carbon
steel, heat treated, worked on an anvil, polished and finished on a grinder.
Created in 2003 and on loan from artist to Renton Technical College Library.
Location:
Library, on counter between rooms C-209 and C-210.
You Are Good to Go
By Bruce
West. Created in 2004.
This stainless steel and coated steel sculpture sits on the
west side of the TRC. It is intended to be sat upon by students, to be a
place for conversation or silent reflection. Property of the
Washington Arts Commission. RTC is the conservator.
Location: In
front of the TRC, between the north and south doors.
RTC Origami Cranes and Iron Sculpture
By RTC
students, faculty, staff, and the public. Created in 2011.
Origami cranes folded by
students, faculty, and staff at Renton
Technical
College during the 2011 Hands On! Festival. They are
displayed
on a decorative metal frame created by the students in
RTC's welding program.
Location: Library, second
floor, south end.
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Last updated: 1/22/2013
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