Nathan Clifford School Installs Environmental Sculpture
Students at Nathan Clifford Elementary School who participated in a public art project are displaying their work displayed in two locations this fall. An environmental sculpture titled “The Gates of Nathan Clifford” has been installed in front of the school. Student drawings and photographs will be exhibited at the Portland Museum of Art throughout November.
Maryjane Johnston, Clifford’s art teacher, worked with last year’s fourth graders on the project. Students studied works by environmental artists Jeanne Claude and Christo. The husband and wife team will have their art on display at the museum in November.
The sculpture in front of the school is based on a drawing by Genevieve Worthley, a Clifford fifth grader. A Clifford parent, Jolene McGowen, and her sister, Jill, helped sew the piece. Funding came from the Portland Education Partnership and University Credit Union.
Christo and Jeanne Claude have been invited to visit the Clifford installation.
March 27th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
I have a book entitled Vans (by Sheffer) that has a property stamp of Nathan Clifford Library. I searched your catalog, but this author/title combo isn’t listed (the pub date is 1981, so I’m guessing it may have been weeded?) and there is no indication that it has been deselected. Do you want it sent back? I didn’t find any other Nathan Clifford Library hits, so I am guessing that this is/was your item? It has a barcode # (on the back cover) of 810949.
My phone # is 602.347.4319 and I am the librarian at Sunnyslope Elementary School in Phoenix, AZ. Please advise. Thank you very much.
RJ Sambora