will open
this Spring!
New Projects:
| Downtown Kansas City - Kansas City, MO We have been selected through a competitive proposal to do a major project in Downtown Kansas City, MO. The site and the nature of the project are in the process of being revised. | |
| Greed, Guilt and Grappling: Six Artists Respond to Climate Change - The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts The show was guest curated by participating artists Clara Wainwright and Mags Harries and featured Jay Critchley, Lajos Heder, Michael Sheridan and John Taguiri. The show brought to the table critical discussions about the significant threat posed by climate change and to offer mosdest, yet effective methods of fighting back. Through a variety of media (video, textile, installation, photography, sound, etc.) the artists in this show opened up a dialogue about individual action on a collective, urgent issue. Additional information can be found at: www.greedguiltandgrappling.com |  |
Completed in 2007:
| MoonTide Garden - The International Ferry Terminal, Portland, ME Due to complications of the site, we altererd our original design, Ocean Gateway: Stone Ship Tidal Park, to become a piece of temporary public art. The final design, MoonTide Garden, will open to the public in the Spring of 2008 with the opening of the International Ferry Terminal. |  |
| The Big Questions - Science Center of Des Moines, Iowa In June 2007, work on The Big Questions was completed. Outside the new Science Center we transformed a bleak and underused area into a piece of land art that can function as a challenging kids game, a science exhibit and a gathering space for the Science Center's educational programs. |  |
| Concord River Greenway Art Master Plan - MA In January 2006 we began collaboration with the environmental engineering company Earth Tech on the master-plan for this project on the Concord River. The Greenway has been approved and is proceeding toward a final design. |  |
| Gateway - Kennedy-Longfellow School, Cambridge, MA Gateway has recently been moved to the library of the Kennedy-Longfellow School. |  |
On-going Projects:
| SunFlowers - Austin, TX SunFlowers is under construction, the first phase of 15 units to be completed in May, 2008. The project will form the edge of a large new sustainable community adjacent to Interstate 35. A serpentine public bike path will wind through in the shade of the 15-20 foot sculptural solar collectors. The completed project will generate approximately 30 kilowatts of electricity to be fed into the grid, reverse metered for credit to the owner and lighting the pieces themselves at night. The project will be a symbol of the sustainable development of the site. |  |
| Highline Canal Trails - Phoenix, AZ We will soon begin construction on this project which stretches along 4.5 miles of the Highline Canal. Along this new bicycle/pedestrian trail, we will create bridges crossing the canal, sculptural seating areas, shade plantings, and signage related to the area's water history. The project's visual vocabulary of buckets and planks references the construction of the canal and water use. |  |
| Asaroton '76 - Simmons College, Boston, MA Asaroton '76 was replaced in 2006 with newly cast pieces in Boston's Haymarket after the Central Artery construction was completed in the area. The pieces of the old installation, many of which had been on exhibit at the Boston Science Museum for 10 years, have been purchased by Simmons College and will be displayed in the dining facilities of the school's new building, currently under construction. |  |
| City Trails/Follow the Water - San Jose, CA, Office of Cultural Affairs In the summer of 2003 we were retained as artists for the over 100 mile long City Trail System for San Jose. Most of the trails follow the small ravines of the Guadalupe River and the Coyote and Los Gatos Creeks. Currently, the site and the nature of the project are in the process of being revised. |  |
Publications:
| Art & Community Landscapes, National Park Service: Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (No. 1/2008) |  |
| "Recent Projects: The Big Questions", Public Art Review, a publication of FORECAST Public Art Works (page 94; issue 37 Fall/Winter 2007) |
| "Commisions: Terra Fugit, Land Flies", Sculpture, International Sculpture Center (page 18; March 2007, vol.26, no. 2) |
Recent Awards:
| Honor Award for Excellence from the National Waterfront Center for Drawn Water at Fresh Pond Reservoir, Cambridge, MA. | |
| Travel and Research Grant from the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts was awarded to Mags for travel to Iceland. Mags and Lajos will be artists in residence at the Baer Art Center. |  |