HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESPONSE - RFP - 7030 APP 2009 DESIGN CONSULTANTBARBARA BAER
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1 Skeezix steel / acrylic City Park South 18'x10'xl2'
2007 2990 E. 17th Ave.
Denver, CO
Designed as a signature piece for one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, this work absorbed influences from the
nearby Museum of Nature and Science and the Denver Zoo. The central steel element turns in the wind.
2 Vinifera aluminum / Art in Transit 65"x66"x42"
polycarbonate Englewood Pkwy
2006 Englewood, CO
Created for a sculpture garden and inspired by summer growth outside the artist's window, the work reacts to the
changing dappled light with an interplay of shape and color.
3 Roof Garden aluminum Poudre Valley Hospital 5 screens,
(detail) 2003 Ft. Collins, CO each 9'x9'x5'
Designed to relieve the bleak view of a hospital rooftop, the sculptural screens depict an imagined garden.
Perforated and curved surfaces create light effects that change with the time of day. The panels are positioned in
the lie of vision from each patient's bed.
4 Sky Song acrylic BellSouth Headquarters 13'x22'xl6'
2000 Birmingham, AL
The artwork is suspended in an employee commons area, overlooking the wooded corporate campus. Images of
water, fallen leaves, and a bird in flight curve across the surface.
5 Natural World aluminum / acrylic 1999 Broadway
(detail) 2007 Denver, CO
8'x38'xl7'
The client wanted a new identity for updating a landmark on the Denver skyline. The shapes were to be "of
nature" without depicting specific natural subjects. Patterned acrylic panels bounce light across the atrium and
cast moving shadows on the floor. Reacting to ambient air currents, 3 of the 5 elements turn slowly in space.
6 Knowledge Shared steel / acrylic Council Tree Library 10'x33'xl8'
(detail) 2009 Ft. Collins, CO
This library installation incorporates symbols from mathematics, music, and Roman numerals, as well as
alphabets from Mandarin, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic and Cyrillic. The central elements are ribbons of rolled steel
formed into a double logarithmic spiral and suspended overhead. Symbols extend from walls, ceiling tiles and
stair stringers, and in the form of seating and bike racks.
APP DESIGN CONSULTANT RESOURCE LIST APPLICATION 2009 DATE: May 30, 2009
Barbara Baer barbarabaer@earthlink.net
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1027 Steele St. Denver CO 80206
Address City State Zip
303-388-4948
303-388-4948
Home Phone Work Phone
303-601-4338 www.BarbaraBaer.com
Cell Phone Website
Fax 303-863-9707
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(The City of Fort Collins shall not be responsible for loss or damage of artist materials.)
BARBARA B I.
1027 STEELE STREET
DENVER, COLORADO 80206
2009 DESIGN CONSULTANT RESOURCE LIST
STUDIO 303.388.4948
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This opportunity exactly describes the work I relish. Collaboration with community
members, architects, engineers and managers leads to design solutions not of an
existing imagination but of a newly created one. Program development with its
issues of audience, thematic focus, siting, durability, safety, scheduling, and budget
makes an interesting gumbo of needs and wants. The process underscores the
significance of art to the quality of life. The goal is meaningful, inspiring public art.
have worked in public art for twenty-five years, designing projects for offices,
libraries, schools, medical centers, museums, pedestrian plazas, parks and festivals.
In Vail I worked with a design team on a new transportation corridor to link the
central village with Lionshead. The pedestrian and vehicle route addressed the
concerns of many stakeholders: homeowners, hotels, a firehouse, and a hospital. In
Ft. Collins I collaborated with a design team to define and develop public art for a
library sited within a retail complex. In Avon, our design team planned the town's
first real main street, where integrated public art will help create a new civic identity.
I am also well experienced with the art selection process, both as an art committee
member and as a presenting artist. The diversity of projects has ranged from a city
hall to a courthouse, from a human services center to a hospital rooftop, from a
roundabout to a portable maze.
Public art benefits me every day as an artist and as a community member. Work as
a design consultant would be a very welcome opportunity to assist a widening circle
of public art inspiration and delight.
Barbara Baer
1027 Steele Street
Denver, Colorado 80206
303-388-4948
www.barbarabaer.com
Study BFA, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1971: in Studio Art
MFA, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1978: in Sculpture
Selected Art in Public Places Awards
Public Art Design Team, West Meadow Corridor, Vail, CO
client: Town of Vail
Public Art Design Team, Council Tree Library, Ft. Collins, CO
clients: City of Ft. Collins and Front Range Retail Company
Public Art Design Team, West Main Streetscape, Avon, CO
cient: Town of Avon
Artist Residency, Clearmont, WY
granting institution: Ucross Foundation for the Arts
El Pomar Center Library, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
client: State of Colorado
Hockinson Heights Library, Brush Prairie, WA
client: State of Washington
City Hall, Littleton, CO
client: City of Littleton
Pioneer Hills Shopping Center, Aurora, CO
clients: City of Aurora and Developers Diversified
Cook Park Recreation Center, Denver, CO
client: City of Denver
Human Services Resource Center, Lafayette, CO
client: Boulder County
Justice Center, Boulder, CO
client: Boulder County
Burns Park, Denver
client: City of Denver
Recent Exhibitions
Canfield Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2009
Art on Main Street Exhibit, Carbondale, CO 2009
Briargate Center, Colorado Springs, CO, 2008
Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, 2008
Art in Transit, Englewood, CO, 2008