In The Shadow Of The Elm

	In The Shadow Of The Elm ''In the Shadow of the Elm'' is an outdoor 1984 sculpture by Paul Sutinen, located at the South Park Blocks in Portland, Oregon. Description and history ''In the Shadow of the Elm'', designed by Oregon artist Paul Sutinen and completed in 1984, was commissioned by the City of Portland as part of the South Park Blocks Redevelopment Project. According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the sculpture, funding was provided by the City of Portland's Percent for Art program. The Smithsonian Institution lists Portland Parks & Recreation as the funding source. Installed at Southwest Park Avenue and Southwest Market Street in Portland's South Park Blocks, the work depicts the shadow of an Elm tree with bare branches that used to stand at the site. The abstract mosaic inlay is made of 169 pieces of Sierra White granite, quarried in California by Great Northern Granite and Marble and each cut individually by Sutinen and his assistant Dale Jones. It measures wid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Regional Arts & Culture Council The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is an organization that administers arts grants in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties that also do advocacy in the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon, United States. It evolved from the city’s Metropolitan Arts Commission agency in the 1990s. In 1995, the Metropolitan Arts Commission became the RACC as an independent non-profit organization. Mission and Beneficiaries The mission of the organization is to integrate arts and culture in all aspects of community life through vision, leadership and service. RACC is funded by the City of Portland, Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington counties, Metro, the Oregon Arts Commission, and several private donors. It provides programs and offers grants to artists and arts organizations throughout the region. RACC also manages the 1.33-percent-for-art program for Multnomah County, and the 2%-for-art program for the City of Portland. The City of Portland paid $228,000 for the ''Portlandia'', sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Paul Sutinen Paul may refer to: Paul (given name) Paul () is a common masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul – or its variation ..., a given name (includes a list of people with that name) Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]