Title
Special Recognition - Donation of Seven Sculptures for the Installation "A Story Place" as a Gift of Art from Artist Nancy Thorne-Chambers
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Move to recognize the gift of A Story Place as offered by artist Nancy Thorne-Chambers.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the donation ordinance for A Story Place and agreement as submitted under Consent Calendar.
Report
Issue:
To recognize the gift of seven bronze sculptures by artist Nancy Thorne-Chambers to complete A Story Place installation at LBA Park.
Staff Contact:
Stephanie Johnson, Arts Program Manager, Parks, Arts & Recreation, 360.709.2678
Presenter(s):
Stephanie Johnson, Arts Program Manager
Frederick Dobler, Chair, Olympia Arts Commission
Nancy Thorne-Chambers, Artist
Background and Analysis:
On April 8, 2021, the Arts Commission recommended the acceptance of the gift of
A Story Place by artist Nancy Thorne Chambers. A Story Place is a tableau of an assortment of ceramic animals (currently on extended view at the Capital Mall) arranged in a circle listening to the reading of a story by a young girl. The artist has been casting the sculptures in a limited-edition bronze series, and the City currently owns three sculptures through the Percival Plinth Project. The gift provides seven additional limited edition bronze sculptures to create a small tableau in a City park.
The full proposal includes the sculptures, Rabbit, Bear, Toad, Fox, Fawn and Skunk, and a stack of Storybooks, all in bronze to add to the Girl Reading in a Story Place and Pig Listening in a Story Place the City currently owns. In addition, Mole
Listening in a Story Place is an independent sculpture included with the purchase of Girl, which brings the total amount of individual sculptures to ten.
The tableau would be installed at LBA Park, in a grove of trees situated between the play structure (at the west end of the park) and the maintenance building and bathrooms. The loca...
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