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Take a break...Out to lunch...Back to work Artist: Sheila Levrant de Bretteville , Hendrikus Van Assen Location: Department of Labor and Training Installation Date: September 1, 2000 Summary: This installation is comprised of eight engraved concrete chair-like structures and one star shaped engraved concrete table-like piece with movable parts. |
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Neon for Providence Artist: Stephen Antonakos, NY Location: Rhode Island Convention Center Installation Date: January 1, 1996 Summary: This piece is composed of neon tube lights mounted on metal. |
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Procession of the Ancient Ones Artist: Napoleon Jones-Henderson Location: Rhode Island Convention Center Installation Date: January 1, 1996 Summary: This piece is a painted tile mural located in the second floor lobby of the Rhode Island Convention Center. |
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Fresnel Ring Artist: James Carpenter Location: Rhode Island Convention Center Installation Date: January 1, 1996 Summary: This piece is composed of glass blades and wire and is suspended in the Rotunda Lobby of the Convention Center. |
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Twin Lanterns Artist: Ben Phipps Location: New Residence Hall, Rhode Island College Installation Date: December 1, 2008 Summary: Twin Lanterns turns both stairwells of the residence hall into giant optical lanterns by encapsulating them with optical filters and lighting the void from within. |
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Natural Song Lines Artist: Bill Fontana Location: Kent County Courthouse, Leighton Judicial Complex Installation Date: December 1, 2007 Summary: A sound installation of Rhode Island bird songs. |
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Reflecting Pool Artist: Kenneth Speiser Location: University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute Visitors Center Installation Date: October 1, 1997 Summary: Reflecting Pool is composed of metal and concrete circles inlaid in a gravel base. |
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Botanical Figures Artist: Joe Kievitt Location: Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal Installation Date: December 1, 2006 Summary: This piece is composed of a glass tile mosaic influenced by Japanese prints and depicting the natural world. |
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Untitled - Nine Inscriptions Artist: John Benson Location: University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston Campus Installation Date: September 1, 1994 Summary: Nine inscriptions carved by John Benson decorate the University Library in Kingston. |
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Bearing Figure Artist: Howard Ben Tre Location: Rhode Island Convention Center Installation Date: May 1, 1996 Summary: A bronze metal and green-tinted glass sculpture. |
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Rock-Island-Link Artist: Leni Schwendinger Location: Rhode Island Convention Center, West Exchange Street Tunnel Installation Date: April 1, 1996 Summary: Rock-Island-Link is composed of large scale reflective filament images made of vinyl reflector strips bolted to the wall of the West Exchange Street Tunnel. |
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Rhode Island Lights Artist: Bill FitzGibbons Location: Rhode Island Convention Center Installation Date: February 1, 1996 Summary: This installation is composed of neon lights mounted on metal on the exterior of the Rhode Island Convention Center parking garage. |
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Rhode Island Avenue Artist: Joseph Norman Location: Rhode Island Convention Center Installation Date: March 1, 1996 Summary: A large mural depicting Rhode Island monuments. |
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Untitled Felt Tapestries Artist: Wendy Mueller Location: Rhode Island Convention Center Installation Date: May 1, 1996 Summary: An installation of handmade felt tapestries. |
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Ceiling Installation Artist: James Carpenter Location: T. F. Green Airport Installation Date: September 1, 1996 Summary: This piece is composed of glass blades and wire. It is suspended in the Main Lobby of the T.F. Green Airport. |
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Providence Quilts Artist: Jim Hirschfield , Sonya Ishii Location: T. F. Green Airport Installation Date: May 1, 2004 Summary: Six, 16 foot by 24 foot metal mesh “quilts” that hang from and work in conjunction with the architectural screens of the parking garage. |
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Islands Artist: Peter Stempel Location: T. F. Green Airport Installation Date: October 1, 2002 Summary: |
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Day To Day Artist: Gillian Christy Location: T. F. Green Airport Installation Date: December 15, 2008 Summary: Day To Day is made of steel, bronze, and gold leaf and measures 24" X 48" X 10. |
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Metamorphosis Artist: Jonathan Bonner Location: Rhode Island College Installation Date: September 1, 2000 Summary: Five granite ellipsoid forms are installed in a curved line 200’ long connecting an inner courtyard to a great lawn. |
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Airship Artist: George Peters , Melanie Walker Location: Community College of Rhode Island, Newport Campus Installation Date: March 1, 2006 Summary: Airship is designed to resemble an abstract sailing vessel, and is permanently suspended from the ceiling of the educational complex's focal point -- its airy glass-enclosed atrium. |
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Time Wave Artist: Robert Ellison Location: Shepard Building, University of Rhode Island Installation Date: April 1, 1998 Summary: A contemporary counterpart to the historical Shepard Clock. |
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Interval Artist: Barbara Cooper Location: T.F. Green Airport Installation Date: November 1, 2009 Summary: Interval is 82' fired glass mural for the north bypass ramp of the TF Green Airport. |
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Liminal Lining Artist: Susan Dory Location: T.F. Green Airport Installation Date: November 1, 2009 Summary: The brightly colored 82' mural is made of acrylic painted aluminum lozenges suspended on the walls and ceiling of the T.F. Green Airport. |
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Where Have We Come From? Who Are We? Where Are We Artist: Peter Geisser , Mika Seeger , Student Inmates at the Rhode Island Training School Location: Rhode Island Training School Installation Date: October 1, 2009 Summary: The mural covers 8 sections of a main hallway, spanning over 80 feet of the Rhode Island Training School facility, which houses over 100 student inmates. |
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For Ursie A Artist: Ursula Von Rydingsvard Location: T.F. Green Airport Installation Date: January 1, 1997 Summary: A bronze sculpture created by Ursula Von Rydingsvard as a commission for T.F. Green Airport. |
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Torsion III Artist: Peter Diepenbrock Location: Lippitt Hall, University of Rhode Island Installation Date: September 1, 2010 Summary: Clad in bronze, Torsion III reaches 9x13 feet wide and 11 feet deep. |
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Summer Artist: Paul Housberg Location: Kent County Courthouse, Warwick, RI Installation Date: October 1, 2010 Summary: Paul Housberg's glass panels at the Kent County Courthouse in Warwick reference the water and wetlands. |
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Monument To The Rhode Island State Police Artist: Benjamin Victor Location: State Police Headquarters, North Scituate, RI Installation Date: November 1, 2010 Summary: Benjamin Victor's Monument to the Rhode Island State Police memorializes all state police, past and present. |
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Horizon Garden Artist: Mikyoung Kim Location: The Dunkin Donuts Center, Sabin Street, Providence, RI Installation Date: November 1, 2010 Summary: Mikyoung Kim's Horizon Garden is installed at the southwest corner of the Dunkin Donuts Center, Sabin Street, Providence, RI. |
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Rhode Island School For the Deaf Murals Artist: Peter Geisser Location: RI School For the Deaf, Providence, RI Installation Date: May 1, 2010 Summary: When the State of Rhode Island built a new School For the Deaf, the decision was made to use the Percent For Art public art funds to conserve and reinstall some of school's original murals in the new space. Pell Award winning arts educator Peter Geisser taught for 30 years at the school and originally made most of the murals with the students. He was on hand again to manage the reinstallation. |
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Schooling Artist: Cliff Garten Location: University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Installation Date: June 1, 2011 Summary: Artist Cliff Garten created Schooling in close collaboration with the faculty of the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography. URI's GSO is known worldwide for it's excellent programs and Garten enjoyed learning more about the science behind the art. |
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In Passing Artist: Erik Carlson Location: Department of Motor Vehicles Installation Date: May 1, 2012 Summary: In Passing is an interactive large-scale video installation that celebrates the unique movements and experiences of automobile travel, focusing a lens on the Rhode Island landscapes streaming past the car's side window. |