2014-09-24 - 009-015 - HDR
An interactive piece dedicated to Mary Shirley, benefactor, art lover, and rally competitor. Seattle art will press on regardless.
seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020250237_marys...
www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/24/mary-shirley...
From the placard:
Mary's Invitation - A Place to Regard Beauty, 2014
Coated Aluminum
Ginny Ruffner
American, born 1952
Gift in memory of Mary Shirley, from her friends.
This work was commissioned memory of longtime Sam supporter and friend, Mary Shirley, by:
Margaret and Jim Allison, Eve and Chap Alvord, Jennifer and David Aydelott, Thomas W. Barwick, Bruce and Anne Blume, Margaret M. Breen and Stewart M. Landefield, Jeffrey and Susan Brotman, Cliff Burrows and Anna White, Richard and Bridget Cooley, Michael and Lauri Corliss, Daniel Bross and Robert Cundall, Barney A. Ebsworth, Dr. Evelyn Richter and Ms. Kim Richter, Gary and Vicki Glant, Lyn and Jerry Grinstein, Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen, Robert D. Kaplan and Margaret Levi, Janet W. Ketcham, Stephan J. Kutz, Carla and Don Lewis, Linda Nordstrom, Scott Redman, Lee and Stuart Rolfe, Kimerly Rorschach, and John F. Hart, Herman and Faye Sarkowsky, Roberta Sherman, Langdon and Anne Simons, Winifred and Jairus Stratton, Robert and Kathryn Strong, Lynn and Mikal Thomsen, Maggie and Douglas Walker, Charles and Barbara Wright, Virginia Wright, and Ann P. Wyckoff.
Commissioned by the Seattle Art Museum in memory of Mary Shirley, one of the most passionate supporters and key benefactors of the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park,Mary's Invitation has a joyousness in design that reflects Mary's enthusiastic love of life and art. She was very fond of Ginny Ruffner and her work, and the artist has responded to this commission with a tribute of her own - an invitation for visitors to linger and enjoy the sweeping views of the park, its stellar artworks, and the spectacular scenery of Puget Sound.
2014-09-24 - 009-015 - HDR
An interactive piece dedicated to Mary Shirley, benefactor, art lover, and rally competitor. Seattle art will press on regardless.
seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020250237_marys...
www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/24/mary-shirley...
From the placard:
Mary's Invitation - A Place to Regard Beauty, 2014
Coated Aluminum
Ginny Ruffner
American, born 1952
Gift in memory of Mary Shirley, from her friends.
This work was commissioned memory of longtime Sam supporter and friend, Mary Shirley, by:
Margaret and Jim Allison, Eve and Chap Alvord, Jennifer and David Aydelott, Thomas W. Barwick, Bruce and Anne Blume, Margaret M. Breen and Stewart M. Landefield, Jeffrey and Susan Brotman, Cliff Burrows and Anna White, Richard and Bridget Cooley, Michael and Lauri Corliss, Daniel Bross and Robert Cundall, Barney A. Ebsworth, Dr. Evelyn Richter and Ms. Kim Richter, Gary and Vicki Glant, Lyn and Jerry Grinstein, Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen, Robert D. Kaplan and Margaret Levi, Janet W. Ketcham, Stephan J. Kutz, Carla and Don Lewis, Linda Nordstrom, Scott Redman, Lee and Stuart Rolfe, Kimerly Rorschach, and John F. Hart, Herman and Faye Sarkowsky, Roberta Sherman, Langdon and Anne Simons, Winifred and Jairus Stratton, Robert and Kathryn Strong, Lynn and Mikal Thomsen, Maggie and Douglas Walker, Charles and Barbara Wright, Virginia Wright, and Ann P. Wyckoff.
Commissioned by the Seattle Art Museum in memory of Mary Shirley, one of the most passionate supporters and key benefactors of the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park,Mary's Invitation has a joyousness in design that reflects Mary's enthusiastic love of life and art. She was very fond of Ginny Ruffner and her work, and the artist has responded to this commission with a tribute of her own - an invitation for visitors to linger and enjoy the sweeping views of the park, its stellar artworks, and the spectacular scenery of Puget Sound.