Proposal for DeVos Childrens Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan

1. Project:
Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital Project
Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
Artist:
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
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2. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Statement
My work focuses on the importance of
mark making and how this establishes
relationships and bridges between our
understanding of the environment and
self. Flickering between two-
dimensional and three-dimensional
experiences my current work addresses
the conceptual spirit of water. Living in
Michigan surrounded by fresh water I
continually observe and am fascinated
by its constantly changing form while it
trickles, seeps, and flows. I discover
patterns when it freezes. I am
spellbound when it floats in the air.
Water is capable of great power and
destruction. It is beautiful as it filters,
reflects, refracts, and interacts with
light. It represents a precise process, an
Studio View during production, Vermont
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3. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Artistic goals:
I believe it is important to encourage cultural connections throughout
our society establishing value and ensuring a reasonable participation in the
philanthropic process for the arts and humanities. We must move toward an
understanding of the value of art in our communities and family life. During this
project, I am interested in embracing and highlighting our connections with the water
around and near us through identifying its beauty, fragility, and its ethereal aspects.
Through my work as an artist, I want to be part of the wave of collective consciousness
implementing awareness. Building up our inventory of experiences that support the
value of creativity and cultural heritage to the lives of people and their communities is
essential. All life absolutely depends on and receives pleasure from water in some form.
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4. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Why important to artist?
Water is a precious resource that we need
to protect. Being a responsible steward of
our resources is key. Environmental
awareness and protecting our natural
resources are crucial if we are to survive.
As a culture we are too busy to notice the
delicacy of this complete system of life.
Through my work as an artist, I view this
project as a means to highlight these subtle
spaces that filter and support water. It is
crucial that we attend to the beauty,
tranquility, and serenity in order to return
to the center of balance. When we take
care of our water we directly impact
ourselves.
Studio View production of Waterfalls, Vermont
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5. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Why important to artist:
• My grandparents, George and Leota
Sietsema have made significant gifts
to the community.
• Millenium Park: Naming of Lake
Leota, as well as significant property
additions to the park.
• Spectrum and VanAndel Institute:
Significant contributions in memory
of my grandmother.
• Learning from the philanthropic
legacy of my grandparents, George
Millenium Park, Kent County Parks, Michigan and Leota Sietsema, it is important to
me to continue bringing it forward.
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6. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Objectives and Goals:
• Create an aesthetically pleasing series of 5
BEACONS to inspire and guide children and families
as they enter and interact within the hospital
environment.
• Accentuate the entrance of the hospital and create a
restorative feeling and a sense place that is inspiring
and fun.
• Provide visually dynamic objects that will enhance
the architectural structure and environment.
• Design a series of “beacons” that will flood the space
with color. Utilizing color to enhance the healing
process in turn adding comfort to the environment.
• Foster solid collaborative partnerships with local
businesses.
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7. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Beacon-n
1. A light house or signaling
buoy that produces a light to
warn or guide ships.
2. A light on a hilltop or tower
used as a signal to warn or
guide.
3. A prominent hill on which
fires were formerly lit as a
signal.
4. Somebody or something that
inspires or guides others.
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8. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Site Specifics for Project F: Beacons
Create site-specific sculptures that mimic the wide
range of contour lines found in the surrounding
landscapes, highlighting the views of the Grand
River from the hospital.
Locate each sculpture on the site to maximize
interactions and interplay with light.
Proposed sculptures will be a series of 5 beacons
hung from the ceiling.
Each beacon is illuminated with strands of LED
lights, and raised or lowered with a motorized
pulley.
Beacon A: 6’Height x 13’Diameter x
40.83Circumference
Beacon B: 3’ H x 9’D x 28.274 C
Beacon C: 6’ H x 6’D x 18.85 C
Beacon D: 6’ H x 3’ D x 9.425 C
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9. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Materials Description:
– Fabricate the frame structures out of anodized
aluminum and steel cable. The use of
anodized aluminum provides a lightweight,
long lasting, durable, and low maintenance
material.
– Imbed image and color onto fiberglass using
water based varnish, UV resins and pigments.
The use of fiberglass provides a durable
lightweight, low maintenance, fire retardant
material that introduces elegant color into the
hospital environment.
– Led lights will hang in the interior of each
Beacon. The use of Led lights will provide a
long lasting illumination source that will
engage the fiberglass, flooding the space with
color. In addition, enhancing the Beacons
visibility from the exterior of the building.
– Each Beacon will be motorized for ease of
raising and lowering objects if Led lights ever
need maintenance.
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10. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Site views for Project F: Beacons
Blueprint and placement of Beacons Front entrance
Main lobby Shop
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11. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Design Description:
Simple use of elegant forms and color that will result in dynamic, whimsical, poetic
combinations that will appeal to audiences of all ages and embrace all cultures and
religions.
Final sculptures will be developed by imbedding color and composition within the fiberglass
and resin panels.
Exhibition View, Cathedral de St Jacques, France
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12. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
education
MFA, Arizona State University, Summa Cum Laude,
Printmaking and Foundry
BA, Arizona State University, Magna Cum Laude,
Drawing
BFA, Arizona State University, Magna Cum Laude,
Printmaking
awards and residencies
Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Honorable Mention, Celebration, First United Methodist
Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Peoples Choice, Celebration, First United Methodist
Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Fellowship, Virginia Creative Centre of Art, Amherst, VA
Over the River and through the woods Fiberglass, varnish, pigment, steel Artist-in-Residence, Banff Centre, Banff, Canada
West Michigan Natural Storage exhibition. 85’ underground.
Frederick Meijer Botanical Garden and Sculpture Park,
Loeshner Award runner-up
Fellowship, Camac Centre d'Art, Marnay-sur-Seine,
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13. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Studio View, Vermont
solo exhibitions
And then there was water, Open Concept Gallery, Michigan
Emerge, West MI Natural Storage-Gypsum Mines, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Moving Walls, Forest Hills Fine Arts Centre, Cascade, Michigan
One Year, Wellington Institute of Technology, Wellington, New Zealand
Merged, Gallery James Kaneko, Sacramento, California
In Sound, Conservatoire de Musique de Marcel Landowski, Troyes, France
daVinci Room (permanent installation), Camac , Marnay-sur-Seine, France
Gaps in Time, Eglise de Saint Jacques, Dival, France
New Works, Atelier Fourwinds, Aureille, France
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Keep Quiet, Young Bickley Geiger Architects, Phoenix, Arizona

14. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
group exhibitions 86th Annual Regional Exhibition, Toledo Museum of
Art, OH Jurors : Vince Castagnacci and Tarrance
Artprize, Huntington Corporate, Grand Rapids, MI
Corbin
Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY Regional Juried Competition, Lansing Centre for the
South Bend Museum of Contemporary Art, South Arts, MI
Bend, IN Festival 2004, Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI
Heavy Metal, Waterstreet Gallery, Douglas, MI Underground Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
Retrospective, Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, MI Bogena Galerie, St Paul de Vence, France
Nooks and Corners, Cascade Gallery, MI Galerie Terre d'Art, St Paul de Vence, France
Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Trendsetters, Waterstreet Gallery, Douglas, MI
Eye Lounge, Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ
Small Works, Cascade Gallery, Cascade, MI
Eye Lounge, Mesa Contemporary Centre for the Arts,
Festival 2007, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Mesa, AZ
Rapids, MI Juror : Roger Timmermanis
Art Detour, Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ
Governors Residence, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI Drawings in Sculpture, Step, Tempe, AZ
Regional Annual Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Desert Iron, Tempe Center Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Art, Muskegon, MI Juror : Dr Howard Risatti
Nathan Cummings, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Celebration, First United Methodist Church, Grand
Rapids, MI
05/25/2010 Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI : Juror :
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Festival 2005,
Art Martin

15. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
public art
And then there was water…Temporary Public Art, Open Concept Gallery, MI
Lake Dr. Mural Project, Mixed Greens & Fred Bouma Co., Grand Rapids, MI
daVinci Room, Camac Centre D’Art, Marnay sur Seine, France
Artstops, Grand Rapids MI in progress
Catholic Diocese, Grand Rapids, MI in progress
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16. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
public collections
Museo De Arte Contemporanco, Mexico Alan Blau and Associates, Ltd., AZ
Alain Pourain PDV, Villenauxe la Grande,
Carrillo Gil Mexico D.F., Mexico France
Grand Valley State University, MI First United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids,
West Michigan Centre of Arts and Technology, MI
Grand Rapids, MI Lecocq Executive Offices Vichy, France
Kaiser Foundation, CA Patricia Klinck, Ph.D., Alberta, Canada
Curtiss Legg, Ph.D., AZ
Fondation Franck Tenot, France
Richard R. Raubolt, Ph.D., MI
Pole University, Vichy, France Camac Centre d’Art, Marnay sur Seine, France
E.on Energie AG, Munich, Germany Arizona Country Club, Phoenix, AZ
PFE Prufungsgesellschaft fur Metro Health Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
Energieversorgunosunternehmen mbh, Honorable George Heartwell, Mayor, City of
Grand Rapids, MI
Munich, Germany Joseph Jeup Furniture Headquarters, Grand
Rapids, MI
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17. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
IMAGES: Site Specific examples of color and Composition
Johnson, Vermont Pine Cay Island, Caribbean
CAMAC Centre D’Art, France
Color and composition inspired by the Seine River
All images represent
various bodies of water
from Vermont, the Caribbean,
and France.
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18. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
IMAGES: Site Specific examples of Color and Composition
Amherst, Virginia Crabtree Falls, Blue Ridge Mountains Pine Cay Island, Caribbean, Ocean view at Frey home
All images
Represent bodies
of water and
waterfalls from
Virginia, Caribbean,
and Northern
Michigan.
Charlevoix, Michigan
Fall on the Frey Farm ponds Upper Pennisula, Michigan
Early Morning on private lake at the Frey family compound
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19. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
IMAGES: Site Specific examples of Color and composition
Artprize 2009,
Huntington Corporate,
Grand Rapids, MI
Work created during
Fellowship at Vermont
Studio Center, April 09
Images represent the cycle of
water as I experienced the
mountains and waterfalls
during snowmelt season in
Vermont.
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20. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
T’Alyne References:
• Suny Monk, Director, Virginia Center of Creative Arts, Virginia
154 San Angelo Dr
Amherst VA 24521
smonk@vcca.com
434-946-7236 Office
434. 946.9960
• Jean Yves Coffre, Director, CAMAC Centre D’Art, France
1, Grande Rue
10400 Marnay sur Seine France
jycoffre@camac.org
032-539-2061 Office
0663796054 cell
• Honorable George Heartwell, Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan
gheartwe@grcity.us
• Robert Eleveld, Attorney, McGarry Blair
rje@mcgarrybair.com
616-742-3500
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21. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Dan Carlson References:
• Grand Rapids Community Foundation: Exterior Signage
185 Oaks Ave SW
Roberta King- 616-454-1751 x 119
• Ada Township: Roselle Park observation Deck
Jim Ferro, Township planner 616-676-9191
• Xibitz: Grand Rapids Community Foundation Lobby sculpture: Eli Lilly & Co.
5809 Cross Roads Pkwy SW, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Joe Maxwell 616-247-3500
• James and Shirley Balk/ Hausen Balk Steel
1230 Monroe Ave NW 616-458-1414
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22. Proposed site: Project F : Beacons
T’Alyne
www.talyne.org
studio@talyne.org
Dave Huizenga References:
• Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids
• David D. Hunting YMCA, Grand Rapids
• Cathedral Square Center, Grand Rapids
• Space Source - 169 Monroe, Grand Rapids
• 38 Commerce, Grand Rapids - under construction
• Herman Miller dealer showrooms: Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, St. Louis, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco
• Herman Miller manufacturing facility café venues and wall graphics: Spring Lake, Zeeland
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