Lorna Jordan (1954 - 2021) is an American artist known for her public artworks based on environmental themes. She died on 24 February 2021.[1][2]

Work

Her public artwork Bow Passage Overlook is located in the Pearce Estate Park in Calgary, Alberta.[3][4]

Jordan's 1998 work Waterworks Gardens, a collaboration made visible the process of water processing at the Renton, Washington wastewater treatment plant.[5][6]

Jordan's work is included in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum[7] and the State of Washington.[1]

In 2010, the City of Madison received a grant from the NEA Mayors’ Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative[8] to work with Jordan in designing Madison's Central Park (now named McPike Park). The Jordan designed "Art Approach" included in the Central Park Master Plan[9] includes a conceptual framework and outlines descriptions and locations of artworks to be integrated into Central Park's systems, connections and places. The design team also included Schreiber/Anderson Associates; Ken Saiki Design; and JJR, LLC.

References

  1. 1 2 "Artist Collection".
  2. ↑ "Five Things You Should Know About Environmental Artist Lorna Jordan". NEA. October 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Bow Passage Overlook - Public Artwork". www.calgary.ca. May 16, 2011.
  4. ↑ Dizon, Elizabeth. "Calgary's Weirdest Public Art". YYCNOW.
  5. ↑ "Giving thanks for life's most basic element: water". The Seattle Times. November 22, 2007.
  6. ↑ "MICD25 Spotlight on Kent, Washington". NEA. December 16, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Lorna Jordan – Artists – eMuseum". art.seattleartmuseum.org.
  8. ↑ "National Endownment for the Arts Grants by Calendar Year" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "Amended Final Report" (PDF). cityofmadison.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.


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