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Tree of Life Location: 1st St. NE and N Division St. Purchase Price: $7,000 Artist Kris Vermeer's Tree of Life sculpture began as a representation a family and how very different people can create one entity. The sculpture, through the process of creation, became a representation of how life can grow and change. "This is one of my favorite sculptures" the artist noted "and I hope you enjoy it as well." |
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Eagle Song Location: A St. SW and Main St. Purchase Price: $7,200 Two preening eagles are masterfully captured in bronze by artist Leo Osborne. In the early 1970s Osborne began the evolution into his bird carving period where he showed throughout North America and won many of his numerous and prestigious awards. In 1990 he moved to the beautiful Pacific Northwest and furthered his interest in bronze sculpture and has since produced many works, including Eagle Song. He is found often at the foundry overseeing new pieces and working with his favorite patineur and friend Tim Norman. |
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Turtle Island Puget Sound Location: B St. NE and Main St. Purchase price: $9,500 A turtle's upper shell is called the carapace. Artists Mark Stevenson and Sara Ybarra Lopez call themselves Carapace Arts because of our enduring interest in the forces that mold the surface of this earth, and the intersection of earth's forms with human imagination, culminating in the series Turtle Island. |
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Riparian Totem Purchase price: $7,500 As an artist and science educator, Lin utilizes the heat of her commitment, as well as that of her kilns and torches, to sculpt recycled glass and metal into work that celebrates and advocates for the health of our planet and its inhabitants. Three strands of metal grass form the framework for Lin Rebolini McJunkin’s seven-foot tall sculpture. They are each divided into 3 or 4 sections, with kiln-carved glass interpretations of Native American Coast Salish designs depicting items important to Auburn’s distant and recent history, including: eagle feathers for the aircraft industry, hops and berries, the Green and White Rivers, fish, and a surprise shape for the dairy industry. Can you find it? |
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People's Choice VotingCity of Auburn is hosting a "people's choice" vote to determine which artwork(s) for purchase as part of the City's permanent collection. You can vote online (below), or in person at City Hall (25 W Main). For all purchase inquiries, please contact the artist directly. Artwork must remain on view until September 2013. |
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