''New Leaf'' is a public artwork by

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artist Lisa Scheer, located at the Georgia Avenue – Petworth Metro Station in

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. "New Leaf" was created through D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

Description

A large leaf constructed of

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rests on a two-step platform. Inscribed on the sculpture is a poem by E. Ethelbert Miller reading: :every leaf surrenders to air :we dance :we flutter :we touch the earth

Artist

Lisa Scheer is a sculptor from Washington, D.C, and a professor at

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. Scheer has her B.A. from

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and an MFA in sculpture from

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. Her work has been exhibited at the

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, and

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. She has received grants and awards from the likes of the

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, and the Maryland Arts Council. Her work is also seen at

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Acquisition

In 2004, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities issued an open call to further the acquisition of public art in the D.C. Metro area. Scheer replied to the open call requesting proposals for a work of art at the

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station. The piece was installed in 2007.

Information

Scheer describes "New Leaf" as "a sort of abstracted form, but it also looks a tremendous amount like a leaf, or something very organic and growing, and I do mean to do that because I mean to evoke metaphors of growth and change and seasonal time shifts."

References

External links

Lisa Scheer's Website
{{Public art in Washington, D.C., state=collapsed Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C. Washington Metro Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C. 2007 sculptures Petworth (Washington, D.C.)