Catherine Widgery

Catherine Widgery (born 1953) is an American artist.[1] Widgery is known for both her studio-based sculpture work and her public sculpture.

Early life

Widgery was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received a B.A. degree from Yale University in 1975.

Public art

Widgery has built more than 40 public art installations across the US and Canada.[2]

Widgery's public art projects include:

Woven Light, Denver, Colorado,[3][4]
Halo, Collège Bourget de Rigaud, Quebec,[5]
Shadow Play, Mill Avenue/Third Street station, Valley Metro Light Rail, Tempe, Arizona,[6]
Leaves of Wind, El Paso, Texas,[7][8]
City People, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Canada,[9]
Sky Circles, Warm Springs BART station, Fremont, California,[10]
River Arch, Norwood Bridge, Winnipeg, Manitoba,[11][12]
Trail of Dreams, Trail of Ghosts, Santa Fe, New Mexico,[13]
the facade for the Rideau Centre, Ottawa,[14]
four of her public artworks are installed in Montreal, under the public art program of the City of Montreal,[15]
Lightscape (with cj fleury), Blair O-Train station, Ottawa[16]

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal[17] and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.[18]

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References

"CCCA Artist Profile for Catherine Widgery". ccca.concordia.ca.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. "Catherine Widgery: Public Art and Visual Poetics for a Better World". huffpost.com. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
"Woven Light". denverpublicart.org.
Froyd, Susan (23 May 2018). "Five Things for Art Lovers to Do and See This Weekend in Denver". Westword.
Dambrot, Shana Nys; critic, ContributorArt; curator; LA, essayist based in (17 October 2016). "Catherine Widgery: Public Art and Visual Poetics for a Better World". HuffPost.
Trimble, Lynn (28 September 2016). "From Phoenix to Mesa, Here's Your Guide to Public Art on the Light Rail". Phoenix New Times.
"catherine widgery transforms bus stops into virtual gardens". designboom - architecture & design magazine. 5 March 2015.
Gonzalez, Jessica (20 April 2015). "Sun Metro Brio station art recognized by national architecture magazine". KFOX.
Torontoist (10 February 2017). "Why The Financial District is Toronto's Best Public Art Gallery". Torontoist.
Dillon, Raquel Maria. "Warm Springs BART Station Features Grand Rotunda, Art Glass". NBC Bay Area.
"Historic Sites of Manitoba: Norwood Bridge / Main Street Bridge (Winnipeg)". mhs.mb.ca.
Susan A. Thompson (29 August 2016). Her Worship: Moments in History, Moments in Time. FriesenPress. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-1-4602-9477-2.
http://www.santafenm.gov/document_center/document/3063
Harford, Evelyn; August 10, Ottawa Citizen Updated; 2016 (11 August 2016). "Rideau Centre grand opening: Five things to get excited about - Ottawa Citizen".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
"Catherine Widgery".
"O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
"Catherine Widgery, Silence and Slow Time, 1994". MAC Montréal.
"Widgery, Catherine - Collections - MNBAQ - Collections - MNBAQ". collections.mnbaq.org.

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[1] "CCCA Artist Profile for Catherine Widgery". ccca.concordia.ca.

[Huffpo-2] Nys Dambrot, Shana. "Catherine Widgery: Public Art and Visual Poetics for a Better World". huffpost.com. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[3] "Woven Light". denverpublicart.org.

[4] Froyd, Susan (23 May 2018). "Five Things for Art Lovers to Do and See This Weekend in Denver". Westword.

[5] Dambrot, Shana Nys; critic, ContributorArt; curator; LA, essayist based in (17 October 2016). "Catherine Widgery: Public Art and Visual Poetics for a Better World". HuffPost.

[6] Trimble, Lynn (28 September 2016). "From Phoenix to Mesa, Here's Your Guide to Public Art on the Light Rail". Phoenix New Times.

[7] "catherine widgery transforms bus stops into virtual gardens". designboom - architecture & design magazine. 5 March 2015.

[8] Gonzalez, Jessica (20 April 2015). "Sun Metro Brio station art recognized by national architecture magazine". KFOX.

[9] Torontoist (10 February 2017). "Why The Financial District is Toronto's Best Public Art Gallery". Torontoist.

[10] Dillon, Raquel Maria. "Warm Springs BART Station Features Grand Rotunda, Art Glass". NBC Bay Area.

[11] "Historic Sites of Manitoba: Norwood Bridge / Main Street Bridge (Winnipeg)". mhs.mb.ca.

[Thompson2016-12] Susan A. Thompson (29 August 2016). Her Worship: Moments in History, Moments in Time. FriesenPress. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-1-4602-9477-2.

[13] ttp://www.santafenm.gov/document_center/document/3063

[14] Harford, Evelyn; August 10, Ottawa Citizen Updated; 2016 (11 August 2016). "Rideau Centre grand opening: Five things to get excited about - Ottawa Citizen".CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[15] "Catherine Widgery".

[ottawa-ca-confederation-line-16] "O-Train Confederation Line". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

[17] "Catherine Widgery, Silence and Slow Time, 1994". MAC Montréal.

[18] "Widgery, Catherine - Collections - MNBAQ - Collections - MNBAQ". collections.mnbaq.org.