Exploring Public Art on Campus
By using ArcGIS, photogrammetry, and resources from the Archives and the Perlman Museum to map, model, and synthesize information about some of the public art and sculptures on Carleton’s campus, we can explore how art is important in our daily lives at college, even if we don’t notice it every day.
Sculptures
-
Jo-ryo-en (The Garden of Quiet Listening)
During his second visit to Japan, Dr. Bardwell Smith, Professor of Asian Studies, discovered Kyoto and its “wealth of gardens” (Smith, 2000), and vowed that Carleton would someday have a Japanese Garden of its own. The site for the project was chosen in 1974 and its design and construction were completed by 1976, with the…
-
The Laudie Porter Memorial Sundial
The first sundial was built in 1921 as a memorial for Anna T. Lincoln. During her time at Carleton, Lincoln often desired a beautiful dial on the “bare” campus. On May 22, 1921, the board of trustees voted for the creation of the memorial to Anna T and officially dedicated it to her on June…
-
Untitled Fiber Sculpture
This huge woven sculpture (22 feet by 17 feet) hangs on the main floor of the library against the east wall beside a bank of windows. Artist and Carleton Alum (‘34), Signe Oritz, began her process by studying the lighting conditions and colors in the space in 1985 and finished the sculpture one year later…
