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Gloria Lamson
Lecture: February 24, 2008
I love the simplicity of a line as it engages the surrounding space. Art can serve as a method of transport or as an anchor. Sometimes we say, “art moves us”, while at other times, we feel as if it “stops us in our tracks”. Art enables us to give form to the process of bringing the outside in and the inside out. This exchange strengthens our connections to each other, the world, and ourselves.
Gloria Lamson utilizes common material to create temporary site-specific installations that seek to heighten our awareness of the world within and around us. Since 1975, her work has been shown in the art museums of Oakland, Tacoma and Bellevue as well as in numerous outdoor art parks in Washington State.
Lamson was one of the first artists selected for inclusion at www.greenmuseum.org, which represents artists internationally who work with nature. Her work is included in many private collections and the public collections of Washington State Arts Commission, King County 4Culture in Seattle and John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California.
Map of the art along the Trillium Trail (pdf)
Natural Cycles is a collaborative project between Friends of Tryon Creek State Park, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), and the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) that aims to generate a new awareness of the park as a natural masterpiece.
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Gloria Lamson
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Jonathan Beaver
Optical Red |
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Matthew Tucker Cartwright
Archus Branches |
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Anne Thompson and J.D. Perkin
Ghost Trailer |
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| The Natural Cycles Lectures Series was made possible in part by a grant from the Oregon Council for the Humanities, a statewide nonprofit organization and an independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds OCH’s grant program. |
