The Annex

First Friday Reception: November 7, 5:00 – 7:00 PM.

The exhibition will feature art from the selected works for three-site structures, awarded to two artists, both from Bend, OR: Ben Hull and Eli Hogan. 

 

Ben Hull’s design, titled Patterns in Place, is drawn from the rugged beauty of Central Oregon’s high desert and the ever-shifting character of seasonal change. Patterns within the screen interpret the shifting textures of our four seasons that serve as an exterior screening for the Central Utility Plant Enclosure on the campus.

 

Eli Hogan’s designs for the bike shelter and trash enclosure titled The Soul of the High Desert features highly detailed close-ups of our regional wildlife. On the trash enclosure is  the endangered sage grouse capturing speckled feathers, native vegetation, and mountains. The bike shelter will feature insects, birds, fish, and wildlife from our region. Eli is a recent graduate of Mountain View High School and began classes at University of Oregon this fall.

 

All three designs for the site structures have been laser cut onto Corten steel panels that serve as an exterior screening for these site structures on the campus.

 

Over the past two years, the City of Bend and Art in Public Places worked together on the selection process, which included a Call to Artists application and a public input display of the designs for community input. The artists were selected by a committee that included representatives from the City of Bend, City Council, Art in Public Places, Hennebery Eddy Architects, local schools and the community at large. Per City Code, the City of Bend dedicates one percent (1%) of the total eligible costs of improvement projects to the selection, fabrication, installation, maintenance, project management, conservation, community education and documentation of public art. This project is a portion of the 1% for art dedicated to the new campus. 

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