Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition

About the OSE
The Cary Visual Art
Sponsors
CVA Sustainer Circle
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Atlantic Tire & Service • Wake Med Cary Hospital
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Hendrick Cary Auto Mall • Dick Ladd • Paragon Bank
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Community by Dawn Stetzel
Cary Visual Art, with support of the Town of Cary, is pleased to
present the 8th Annual 2015 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, as
we celebrate the 18th year of CVA’s presence as the non-profit
public art organization in our community. This exhibition was
juried by Clifford T. Chieffo. Ten artists were selected among
numerous applications from across the nation to display their
sculpture in downtown Cary from July 17, 2015 through
June 17, 2016.
Ralph & Daphne Ashworth
Harold K. Jordan Construction
Sally Cox State Farm Insurance
Rob & Susan Alexander
BB&T • Duke Energy
JM Edwards Fine Jewelry
Karen & David Lamar
Clarenda & Malcolm Anderson
Smith and Smith, CPA
George & Melba Jordan
Outdoor Sculpture
Exhibition
Downtown Cary, North Carolina
July 17, 2015 – June 17, 2016
Professor Chieffo maintains a long-term interest in public art, which
began with his work as the first studio assistant to Naum Gabo, the
internationally known Russian-American Constructivist sculptor. Here
in Raleigh, Chieffo holds the position of Visiting Distinguished Research
Scholar at NC State University while he is writing The Gabo Project – A
Memoir, a book about his years working for Gabo.
Additionally, Chieffo has been the recipient of numerous awards, grants,
and fellowships. In 1996, he was the Rome Prize alternate and Visiting
Artist/Scholar in Residence at the American Academy in Rome. In 197677, he was awarded a National Museum Act Grant to pursue scientific
conservation research on American portrait miniatures. He has had
fellowships from the American Federation of Arts, MO, Council on the
Arts, Notre Dame University and a teaching fellowship in Italy.
For a free self-guided cell phone audio tour, dial 919.327.1531.
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Cary Visual Art, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), places art and fosters
community engagement through public art in Cary, North
Carolina, bringing both beauty and a unique character to our
town. Our founders were a group of individuals and business
professionals passionate about the ability of public art to
enhance and transform a community.
In-Kind Donors/Vendors
Over the years Cary Visual Art has placed over 50 works of
art, valued at more than $1 million at parks, businesses, and
public property across the Town of Cary. Sculpture and twodimensional works by artists from all over the country are
prominently placed in Cary’s public buildings and open spaces.
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About the Juror:
Clifford T. Chieffo
Clifford T. Chieffo, Emeritus Distinguished
Research Professor of Art, Founder of
the Art & Art History Department of
Georgetown University, Washington,
DC, is a new resident of Cary. He
maintains a studio/residence here and
a residence in Arlington, VA, where he
was a Commissioner for the Arlington,
VA, Commission for the Arts and an
appointed member of the Arlington
Public Art Committee. He has also
served on the Arts Board of Directors
for George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
About Cary Visual Art
Cary Visual Art commissions the placement of public art,
supports exhibitions, and engages the community through
sculpture tours, free Final Friday events, scholarships, lectures
and workshops. We view partnerships as an essential
component of public art ­­— by involving individuals, community
groups, and local businesses with the commissioning process,
public art has greater impact, levels of appreciation, and
longevity. This comprehensive approach has provided a vast
array of sites, types of artwork, and community involvement.
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“Public art has been a
wonderful way for our
community to create a sense
of place, tell a story, develop
and maintain an identity. It
shows that this community
cares about where we
live, work, and play.”
Bill & Cindy Lappin
OSE Contributing Sponsors
Sculpture in the Landscape
Mission Possible Team Real Estate
Northwoods Animal Hospital
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Straight Talk Plus Group
Cary Family Dental
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Anthony
Dorothy and Joe Schmelzeis
Steve Zaytoun
Cary Visual Art Contact Information
OSE is funded in part
by grants from:
PO Box 4322, Cary, North Carolina 27519
www.caryvisualart.org
919.531.2821
Take the tour!
TOWN Of CARY
– Ralph Ashworth
Founding Member
Mary Davis Wallace, CVA Director
Sally Cox, CVA President
Karen Lamar, CVA Vice President
Jim Davis, OSE Chair
Red Man
Nathan Wilson, Sarasota, FL
Steel | 100” x 72” x 60” | $2,800
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Child’s Play Revisited
Shawn Morin, Bowling Green, OH
Cast bronze and fabricated steel
102” x 15” x 16” | $8,000
About Morin: Morin was born in the District
of Columbia and received his MFA from the
University of Georgia and his BFA from the
University of Tampa. He is currently professor
and Sculpture Program Head at Bowling
Green State University in Bowling Green, OH.
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SELFIE
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OSE Calendar of Events
To find out how to get up-close and personal with
your favorite OSE sculpture, scan the QR code with
your smart phone and upload your selfie! Images of
you with any of the ten works on exhibit downtown
will be displayed in our Selfie Gallery.
Be a part of a year-long celebration of art in Cary!
Join Cary Visual Art, volunteers, local businesses,
and fellow community members as we enjoy and
interact with the winning sculptures of this year’s
annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, or OSE.
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September 25, 2015 : Sculpture Scavenger Hunt
October 30, 2015 : Moonlight Sculpture Tour
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April 29, 2016 : Yoga with the Sculptures
Selfie taken during
2014 OSE
For more information, visit our website for details
on these exciting events.
For more information about the artists and artworks, visit Cary Visual Art’s website: www.caryvisualart.org. For a guided group tour
or purchase information, please call 919.531.2821. Photography by Gordon Munro & Victoria Kelly
About Mitchell: Mitchell’s aim, as a sculptor,
is to make the great American statue. He
believes that public art should inform,
delight, and beautify its surroundings,
and these are goals for him as well.
Steel Inverted Arch 3 Best in Show
Ken Thompson, Blissfield, MI
Corten steel and limestone | 7’ x 8’
$9,800
May 27, 2016 : Music with the Sculptures
Scan from a smart phone.
About Coon: Coon was born in Charlotte,
NC. After teaching for many years, he
then became a part of the Vero Beach
Museum of Art where he has taught,
been a foundry master, kiln fireman, and
Artist-in-Residence.
Contemporary Kore
Gary Mitchell, St. Louis, MO
Painted aluminum | 84” x 24” x 24”
$7,500
July 17, 2015 : Installation Day
March 26, 2016 : Sketching with the Sculptures
About Kiefer: Kiefer’s work is influenced
by abandoned farm homes and rundown
steel structures, and studies how nature
seems to devour and erase man made
structures. Residing now in Eastern
North Carolina, he is inspired by nature’s
resiliency to survive and grow through
adversary. The works ask for you to view
them as ruins found from a lost time and
place - a world where we get a glimpse
at tomorrow.
IPO 004 Containment Series
Robert Coon, Vero Beach, FL
Fabricated painted aluminum, steel, and
granite | 20” x 22” x 96”
$22,000
A PUBLIC ART PROJECT
CVA is celebrating our second year of the popular
public art program, Selfie with a Sculpture!
About Jubran: Jubran’s work addresses
the concepts of time, movement,
balance, and space. Each sculpture
occupies and creates its own
reality influenced by its immediate
surroundings. The work does not rely
on one media to evoke the intended
response, but takes advantage of
compatible materials such as, wood,
granite, steel, iron, and bronze.
In Motion
Jeff Kiefer, Clayton, NC
Steel and wood | 96” x 56” x 36”
$4,500
H A R R I S O N AV E N U E
Giraffe
Jonathan Bowling, Greenville, NC
Repurposed steel | 6’ x 8’ x 5’ | $18,000
About Bowling: Bowling grew up in
Kentucky. Often the materials Bowling
uses are from the turn of the last century
which he feels is appropriate for depicting
the horse, a concentration he is currently
working with, so intertwined with our
agrarian past. Re-purposed steel provides
a sound structure, which allows Bowling to
work on a scale that lends itself to public
spaces.
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Windstone
Phil Hathcock, Cary, NC
NC slate, aluminum, copper, and brass
20’ x 9’ x 6’ | $10,000
About Hathcock: Phil was born and raised
in North Carolina. His love of rocks and
boulders and a curiosity of how rock
formations evolve from geological and
natural events led to a career of working
with stone. His work has been exhibited
widely at universities, galleries, and
numerous public and private arenas.
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About Katz: Katz combines colored
geometric and organic elements to
create compositions that convey the
kinetic energy implied in his work. Color
is a prominent aspect of his recent work.
Color integrates and emphasizes the
structural organization of the elements.
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Malevitch
Ray Katz, Pontiac, MI
Painted steel | 12’ x 4’ x 4’ | $20,000
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About Wilson: Studying mathematics
and physics has directed Wilson towards
a perspective on sculpture that favors
engineering and architecture. Through
natural selection, many crystal structures
exhibit efficiency maximizing qualities that
Wilson studies and adapts to his sculpture.
Sphere #3
Hanna Jubran, Grimesland, NC
Steel and paint | 9’ x 6’ x 6’ | $27,000
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About Thompson: Thompson has been
making sculpture for over thirty years
out of his car dealership turned studio
in Blissfield, MI. From this facility he also
operates Flatlanders Sculpture Supply
and Art Galleries, as well as Midwest
Sculpture Initiative.