Lorna Jordan (1954 - 2021) is an American artist known for her public artworks based on environmental themes. She died on 24 February 2021.
Work
Her public artwork ''Bow Passage Overlook'' is located in the
Pearce Estate Park
Pearce Estate Park is a urban park, city park located in Calgary, Alberta. The park occupies along the Bow River to the east of downtown Calgary. The park contains Pearce Estate Wetland, described as "constructed wetlands filled with native pl ...
in Calgary, Alberta.
Jordan's 1998 work ''Waterworks Gardens'', a collaboration made visible the process of water processing at the
Renton, Washington
Renton is a city in King County, Washington, and an inner-ring suburb of Seattle. Situated southeast of downtown Seattle, Renton straddles the southeast shore of Lake Washington, at the mouth of the Cedar River. As of the 2020 census, the ...
wastewater treatment plant.
Jordan's work is included in the collections of the
Seattle Art Museum and the
State of Washington
Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ...
.
In 2010, the City of Madison received a grant from the
NEA Mayors’ Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative to work with Jordan in designing Madison's Central Park (now named McPike Park). The Jordan designed "Art Approach" included in the
Central Park Master Plan includes a conceptual framework and outlines descriptions and locations of artworks to be integrated into Central Park's systems, connections and places. The design team also included Schreiber/Anderson Associates; Ken Saiki Design; and JJR, LLC.
References
1954 births
20th-century American women artists
21st-century American women artists
Living people
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