Recent & Upcoming Projects
Lisa Scheer
Clarendon Place
3030 Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201
Lisa Scheer, Naga, Bronze
Lisa Scheer’s public sculptures respond directly to their architectural environments. Her sinuous bronze works typically evoke a range of natural forms, including waves, clouds, and plants. Here, vertical and horizontal sculptural elements combine to designate the pedestrian pathway between landscaped plaza and residential building. The vertical sculpture provides a visual exclamation mark emphasizing the entrance to or exit from the path. The dynamic S-curves and horizontal orientation of the second element echo the constant motion of this busy city location and the progressive flow of pedestrians passing through.
In this and similar sited sculptures, Scheer explores the ways mass and volume can define space for human interaction, issues normally associated with architecture. Her consideration of architecture, together with her stylized references to natural forms, marks her aesthetic kinship with the Cubist and Art Deco styles of the early 20th century and Buddhist and Hindi sculpted architecture of Southeast Asia. Scheer, who lives and works in Maryland and Washington, D.C., is professor of art at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She has also created sculptures for the Petworth Metro Station, Thurgood Marshall BWI Airport, and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Funded by Saul Centers, Inc.
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4 Mile Run Pedestrian-Cyclist Bridge Professional Competition
Top Ranked Finalist Chosen: Grimshaw/Arup/Scape (pictured above)
Click here to see the winning proposalFinalist Teams: Olin/Buro Happold/Explorations Architecture/L'Observatoire International
Grimshaw/Arup/Scape
Rasales + Partners/Bergermann Schlaich and Partner/Simpson Gumpertz and Heger
Selection Panel:
Michael J. Abrams, PE, Julia Beckman, Frank Schlesinger, FAIA, and Michael Vergason, FASLA.
Jesus Moroles
Court house Marriott (on the plaza)
1401 North Adams Street, Arlington, VA 22201
Inspired by Arlington's location on the geological dividing line between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain of Virginia and proximity to Great Falls, Moroles created a red granite 4' tall rough cylindrical "mountain" from which water flows into narrow channels of water -- the waterways of the Coastal Plain. Three gnarly granite pillars, also with water flowing along their surfaces, represent Virginia's trees. Included in the design are three benches: one circular bench that allows for 360 degrees seating, an elongated bench, and a third seat that can be swiveled to view the surroundings from many directions.
Jesus Moroles was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and received his BFA from the University of North Texas. He is a member of the board of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. He has over 2,000 works in China, Egypt, France, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the US. He lives in Rockport, TX. More information on the artist.
You Tube video of the opening of Jesus Moroles artwork by the Arlington County Board
Cliff Garten
North Lynn Street - Rosslyn Esplanade
Artist Cliff Garten is developing artwork along Rosslyn's North Lynn Street corridor. His project will focus on the Rosslyn Esplanade adjacent to Key Bridge and a serial gesture of illuminated sculpture and light fixtures along the corridor, including JBG's Central Place development and a possible treatment of the Meade Street Bridge.
Cliff Garten Proposal
North Lynn Street Book
National Business Journal article on Cliff Garten
Larry Kirkland
Center Park at Potomac Yard
Jefferson Davis Highway and South Glebe Road, Arlington, VA
The Center Park at Potomac Yard is the centerpiece of the National Gateway development, and was funded through the collective public art contributions from the Potomac Yard developers. Kirkland's primary contribuions to the park design include a monumental two piece black marble sculpture and etched granite bench toppers throught the park.
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Vicki Scuri
VDOT – Arlington Boulevard Interchange Project
Vicki Scuri continues to collaborate with VDOT on the Arlington Boulevard interchange project at Courthouse Road and North 10th Street. Public art treatments will focus on two bridge facades, retaining walls, and proposed enhancement lighting.
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Doug Hollis
Wave Arbor - Long Bridge Park
475 Old Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202
Wave Arbor is a two-part kinetic wind-activated sculpture designed by Doug Hollis for Long Bridge Park. Each structure supports 22 kinetic wing-like elements that move in response to the wind and allow light to pass through them, creating shadows below. Lights at the end of each "wing" register the motion of the wind at night. Wave Arbor is located at Long Bridge Park, a 38-acre park north of Crystal City that opened in the fall of 2011. The sculptures are made of perforated, anodized aluminum wing forms with LED lights supported by painted steel armatures.
The park design team was led by a core site group consisting of Hughes Group Architects (architecture), Hargreaves Associates with LSG (landscape architecture), and CH2M HILL (remediation). The core group worked closely with County staff and the Board-appointed Long Bridge Park Design Advisory Committee over many years. Doug Hollis and Anna Murch will continue to work with the core group to design public art to be integrated into Phase I of the natatorium to be built in Long Bridge Park.
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Richard Deutsch
Penrose Square
Richard Deutsch has created a design for the future Penrose Square along Columbia Pike. Penrose Square will be a 33,000 square foot parcel, one of several future civic squares along Columbia Pike. Richard Deutsch is collaborating with Oculus, the design team that was awarded the contract to design this plaza.
Echo Penrose Square Presentation