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Art in the TRC
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.
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.
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:
Second floor, 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: Second floor, on counter between rooms C-207
and C-208.
Moroccan Landscape
By Barbara Barnes Allen. Created in 1994.
Property
of the Washington Arts Commission. RTC is the conservator.
Location:
Second Floor, in computer alcove, across from Library Circulation desk.
Untitled
By Dale
Jones. Created in 1984.
Property of the Washington Arts Commission. RTC is the
conservator.
Location:
Second floor, south end of library 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:
Second floor, 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.
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Last updated: 4/13/06
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