Lorna Jordan (1954 - 2021) is an American artist known for her public artworks based on environmental themes. She died on 24 February 2021.[1][2]
Work
editHer public artwork Bow Passage Overlook is located in the Pearce Estate Park in Calgary, Alberta.[3][4]
Jordan's 1998 work Waterworks Gardens, a collaboration made visible the process of water processing at the Renton, Washington wastewater treatment plant.[5][6]
Jordan's work is included in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum[7] and the State of Washington.[1]
In 2010, the City of Madison received a grant from the NEA Mayors’ Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative[8] to work with Jordan in designing Madison's Central Park (now named McPike Park). The Jordan designed "Art Approach" included in the Central Park Master Plan[9] includes a conceptual framework and outlines descriptions and locations of artworks to be integrated into Central Park's systems, connections and places. The design team also included Schreiber/Anderson Associates; Ken Saiki Design; and JJR, LLC.
References
edit- ^ a b "Artist Collection".
- ^ "Five Things You Should Know About Environmental Artist Lorna Jordan". NEA. October 21, 2010.
- ^ "Bow Passage Overlook - Public Artwork". www.calgary.ca. May 16, 2011.
- ^ Dizon, Elizabeth. "Calgary's Weirdest Public Art". YYCNOW.
- ^ "Giving thanks for life's most basic element: water". The Seattle Times. November 22, 2007.
- ^ "MICD25 Spotlight on Kent, Washington". NEA. December 16, 2010.
- ^ "Lorna Jordan – Artists – eMuseum". art.seattleartmuseum.org.
- ^ "National Endownment for the Arts Grants by Calendar Year" (PDF).
- ^ "Amended Final Report" (PDF). cityofmadison.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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