Projects
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Medusa Trees
Artist: Marguerite Elliot Dates featured: Seasonal Location: in front of the Dwight Center for Conservation Science Description: Seasonal exhibitions like Marguerite Elliot’s Medusa Trees sculptures, located outside the Dwight Center for Conservation Science, create a bridge to nature through art and reflection. Marguerite has been working on these geometric, tower-like
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Fish Trap Basket
Artist: Bruce Smith (Dry Creek Pomo/Bodega Miwok) Dates featured: permanent Location: in the Native Plant Garden behind the Dwight Center for Conservation Science Description: Fish Basket (èw holophút’e), 2021, fabricated in steel. This sculpture is an enlarged version of a Indigenous Wappo or Pomo basket used for fishing local streams.
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Head Space
Artist: Briona Hendron Dates featured: Location: in the Native Plant Garden behind the Dwight Center for Conservation Science Description: The dome sculpture “Head Space” is a giant welded steel mushroom that you can go inside.
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The Aurora Series
Artist: Catherine Daley Dates featured: 2022-2023 Location: in front of the Dwight Center for Conservation Science Description: Catherine Daley’s astonishing “Aurora” series alludes to the miracles of nature. It’s a kinetic piece and is constantly “dancing” in the wind and reflecting the sunlight.