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Georgia Gerber, Public Art by Location List Page 1 of 5 <br /> l wropv v <br /> ���air ��,u �s 4.. y ;+ w. n,5 "'U�q ^1 Iitt"§ <br /> t U °� <br /> ^ # �zp ... aka +....N. £.. s 30%.4404,a\* <br /> Washington: <br /> Seattle Edmonds Marysville Puyallup Mercer Island Mukilteo <br /> Whdb <br /> Pt. Townsend Mount St. Redmond Islandy Wenatchee Longview <br /> Helens Island <br /> Mountlake Everett Tacoma Camas <br /> Terrace <br /> Other Locations: <br /> Oregon California Alaska Colorado Virginia <br /> Ohio Pennsylvania Kansas Japan <br /> "Baboons" Woodland park Zoo,Seattle,Washington 2003 <br /> Located just outside the Zoo gates at the South entrance, on a sitting wall bordering a <br /> flower bed and directly in front of the bus unloading zone. A mother baboon holding an <br /> infant, with an adolescent sitting in front of them. A large male is walking toward them <br /> from nearby. Funded by the Steve Trafton Family as a gift to the Zoo. 5500 Phinney <br /> Ave. N. (206) 684-4800. <br /> "Coming Home" University Village, Seattle, Washington 1995 <br /> A large cow lying down, with a calf standing next to her and another calf across the <br /> courtyard sniffing at a box turtle. Placed in the main courtyard of the University Village, <br /> 2673 NE University Village (206) 523-0622 <br /> "Puma and Cub" University Preparatory Academy,Seattle,Washington 2001 <br /> A life-size Puma, the school's mascot, in a courtyard of the newly expanded campus. Her <br /> cub is ascending the top steps of a nearby staircase. 8000 25th Avenue NE, Seattle <br /> (206) 525-2714 <br /> "Suspended Moment"Woodland Park Zoo,Seattle,Washington 1997 <br /> A female orangutan and her infant suspended in four bronze trees reaching 12 feet high. <br /> Placed near the conclusion of the Orangutan exhibit, along the Trail of Vines section of <br /> the Zoo, at 5500 Phinney Ave. N. (206) 684-4800. <br /> "Rachel"The Market Pig,Seattle, Washington 1986 <br /> A large sow with a coin slot, serving as a bank to collect donations for the Market <br /> Foundation in support of social services in the area. Modeled on a real life pig from <br /> Whidbey Island named Rachel, this sculpture has become a well-known Seattle <br /> landmark. Sponsored originally by the Fratelli Ice Cream Company. Directly under the <br /> famous clock at the Pike Place Market, 85 Pike Street (206) 682-7453 See also "Pigs on <br /> Parade" and "Replications of the Market Pig". <br /> "Pigs On Parade"Seattle, Washington 2000 <br /> Two larger than life versions of Rachel, the Pike Place Market Pig, originally cast in <br /> bronze and then reproduced in fiberglass. Nearly 200 of these fiberglass sculptures were <br /> individually treated by artists, and displayed at businesses throughout the Seattle area <br /> during the summer of 2001. This large public art project culminated in an auction of the <br /> decorated pigs as a benefit for the Pike Place Market Foundation. <br /> "Husky Spirit" University of Washington, Seattle,Washington 1995 <br /> A slightly larger than life rendition of the U.W. mascot. Placed directly in front of Hec- <br /> Edmundson Pavilion and Husky Stadium on the U.W. campus. <br /> "Gorilla Family"Woodland Park Zoo,Seattle, Washington 1993 <br /> A mother lowland gorilla with a baby clinging to her back and an adolescent nearby <br /> giving a @play" gesture. Inside the Zoo, at 5500 Phinney Ave. N. (206) 684-4800. In a <br /> small grotto just up the path from the gorilla viewing station. In 2004 a male silverback <br /> was added to the grouping in honor of Jim Foster, longtime veterinarian and gorilla <br /> expert. <br /> "Caterpillar" Pacific Science Center,Seattle,Washington 1998 <br /> A six-foot swallowtail caterpillar crawling along the floor of the Insect Village,just <br /> outside the Butterfly House, in the Ackerley Family Wing of the Pacific Science Center. <br /> http://www.georgiagerber.com/public localist.html 8/1/2005 <br />