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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…
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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…
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Fountain
Fountain was designed by Professor Raymond Jacobson of the Carleton Art Department as a Commission for Carleton College’s Centennial Celebration in 1967 (Perlman Museum). Russell Ferlen (college “instrument maker”) helped develop the mechanism that allows the sculpture to rotate. Together, they spent four months working on the sculpture.
Sculptures at Carleton
a DGAH 110 Final Project by Maddie Smith, Claire Saunders, Kattie Meraz, Adiana Contreras, and Helana Solomon
