Catherine Widgery
{{Short description|American artist (born 1953)}}
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Catherine Widgery {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|RCA|size=100%}} (born 1953) is an American artist.{{cite web|url=http://ccca.concordia.ca/artists/artist_info.html?languagePref=en&link_id=383|title=CCCA Artist Profile for Catherine Widgery|website=ccca.concordia.ca|access-date=17 April 2019|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213436/http://ccca.concordia.ca/artists/artist_info.html?languagePref=en&link_id=383|url-status=dead}} Widgery is known for both her studio-based sculpture work and her public sculpture.
Early life
Widgery was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1975 where she graduated cum laude and was awarded special distinction in Fine Arts and the Walker Prize for 'outstanding artistic achievement" by the Fine Arts Faculty.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Personal life
Widgery has lived in different parts of the world US, Canada, London and Rome and Guatemala. She lived in Montreal from 1979 until 2000, when she moved to Truro, Massachusettswhere she lived until 2004 before moving to Guatemala. She currently divides her time between Guatemala and the Boston area.
Public art
Widgery has built more than 40 public art installations across the US and Canada.{{cite web |last1=Nys Dambrot |first1=Shana |title=Catherine Widgery: Public Art and Visual Poetics for a Better World |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/catherine-widgery-public-art-and-visual-poetics-for_b_5805565ce4b08ddf9ece0ee6 |website=huffpost.com |date=18 October 2016 |accessdate=1 December 2019}}
Widgery's public art projects include:
- Woven Light, Denver, Colorado,{{cite web|url=https://denverpublicart.org/public-arts/woven-light/|title=Woven Light|website=denverpublicart.org}}{{cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/arts/art-openings-and-gallery-exhibits-in-denver-may-24-to-26-2018-10343124|title=Five Things for Art Lovers to Do and See This Weekend in Denver|first=Susan|last=Froyd|date=23 May 2018|website=Westword}}
- Halo, Collège Bourget de Rigaud, Quebec,{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/catherine-widgery-public-art-and-visual-poetics-for_b_5805565ce4b08ddf9ece0ee6|title=Catherine Widgery: Public Art and Visual Poetics for a Better World|first1=Shana Nys|last1=Dambrot|date=17 October 2016|website=HuffPost}}
- Shadow Play, Mill Avenue/Third Street station, Valley Metro Light Rail, Tempe, Arizona,{{cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/from-phoenix-to-mesa-heres-your-guide-to-public-art-on-the-light-rail-7821140|title=From Phoenix to Mesa, Here's Your Guide to Public Art on the Light Rail|first=Lynn|last=Trimble|date=28 September 2016|website=Phoenix New Times}}
- Leaves of Wind, El Paso, Texas,{{cite web|url=https://www.designboom.com/art/catherine-widgery-el-paso-virtual-gardens-03-05-2015/|title=catherine widgery transforms bus stops into virtual gardens|date=5 March 2015|website=designboom - architecture & design magazine}}{{cite web|url=http://kfoxtv.com/news/local/sun-metro-brio-station-art-recognized-by-national-architecture-magazine|title=Sun Metro Brio station art recognized by national architecture magazine|first=Jessica|last=Gonzalez|date=20 April 2015|website=KFOX}}
- City People, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Canada,{{cite web|url=https://torontoist.com/2017/02/toronto-financial-district-bia/|title=Why The Financial District is Toronto's Best Public Art Gallery|date=10 February 2017|website=Torontoist}}
- Sky Circles, Warm Springs BART station, Fremont, California,{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Brand-New-Warm-Springs-BART-Station-Features-Design-for-Passengers-and-Environment-417062153.html|title=Warm Springs BART Station Features Grand Rotunda, Art Glass|first=Raquel Maria|last=Dillon|website=NBC Bay Area}}
- River Arch, Norwood Bridge, Winnipeg, Manitoba,{{cite web|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/norwoodbridge.shtml|title=Historic Sites of Manitoba: Norwood Bridge / Main Street Bridge (Winnipeg)|website=mhs.mb.ca}}{{cite book|author=Susan A. Thompson|title=Her Worship: Moments in History, Moments in Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOcQDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA118|date=29 August 2016|publisher=FriesenPress|isbn=978-1-4602-9477-2|pages=118–}}
- Trail of Dreams, Trail of Ghosts, Santa Fe, New Mexico,{{cite web|url=http://www.santafenm.gov/document_center/document/3063|title=Art in Public Places Program|website=santafenm.gov|access-date=26 August 2023}}
- The facade for the Rideau Centre, Ottawa,{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/rideau-centre-grand-opening-five-things-to-get-excited-for|title=Rideau Centre grand opening: Five things to get excited about - Ottawa Citizen|first1=Evelyn|last1=Harford|date=11 August 2016|publisher=}}
- Four artworks installed in Montreal, Quebec, under the Public Art program of the City of Montreal:{{cite web|url=https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/artiste/widgery-catherine/|title=Catherine Widgery|publisher=}}
- Icarus{{cite web|title=Icarus|url=https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/oeuvre/icarus/|website=Art Public Montréal|accessdate=9 December 2020}}
- The Passing Song{{cite web|title=The Passing Song|url=https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/oeuvre/the-passing-song/|website=Art Public Montréal|accessdate=9 December 2020}}
- Le Vent Se Lève{{cite web|title=Le Vent Se Lève|url=https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/oeuvre/le-vent-se-leve/|website=Art Public Montréal|accessdate=9 December 2020}}
- {{ill|Wind Boat|fr}}{{cite web|title=Wind Boat|url=https://artpublicmontreal.ca/en/oeuvre/wind-boat/|website=Art Public Montréal|accessdate=9 December 2020}}
- Lightscape (with cj fleury), Blair O-Train station, Ottawa{{cite web |title=O-Train Confederation Line |url=https://ottawa.ca/en/residents/transportation-and-parking/oc-transpo-and-public-transit/o-train-confederation-line |publisher=City of Ottawa |accessdate=17 September 2019}}
- Crystal Light, North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe station in Salt Lake City{{cite web|url=http://saltlakepublicart.org/art/crystal-light/|title=Catherine Widgery: Crystal Light|website=saltlakepublicart.org|publisher=Salt Lake City|accessdate=18 August 2020}}
- Pass Through The Land, Denver, Colorado{{Cite web|title=CultureNOW - Pass Through the Land: Catherine Widgery|url=https://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D18456%26seo%3DPass-Through-the-Land_Catherine-Widgery|access-date=2021-03-01|website=culturenow.org|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213336/https://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D18456%26seo%3DPass-Through-the-Land_Catherine-Widgery|url-status=dead}}
Collections
Her work is included in the collections of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal{{cite web|url=https://macm.org/en/collections/oeuvre/silence-and-slow-time|title=Catherine Widgery, Silence and Slow Time, 1994|website=MAC Montréal}} and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.{{cite web|url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600005148|title=Widgery, Catherine - Collections - MNBAQ - Collections - MNBAQ|website=collections.mnbaq.org}}
References
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External links
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- {{official|https://www.widgery.com/}}
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Category:20th-century American women artists
Category:21st-century American women artists
Category:20th-century American sculptors
Category:21st-century American sculptors
Category:Artists from Pittsburgh
Category:Sculptors from Pennsylvania