Wayne Chabre
{{Short description|American sculptor (born 1947)}}
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Wayne Chabre (born 1947) is an American sculptor from Walla Walla, Washington. His works have been described as "whimsical". Many of his sculptures are functional, such as gargoyles and downspouts; railings and gates; lighting, pavilions, fountains, and benches.
Early life and education
Chabre was born in 1947 and raised on a farm in Walla Walla County, Washington. He attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, then joined the Peace Corps, where he served as a graphic designer in the Agricultural Information Service in Lesotho, Africa. After his Peace Corps service he lived in Estacada, Oregon for three years, then moved to Portland, Oregon. In 1975 he returned to Walla Walla.
Public art
=Washington=
Many of Chabre's works are commissioned by the Washington State Arts Commission under a construction set-aside program. His works are displayed to the public in Kirkland, Washington; Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma;{{citation|title=Pending Communication|publisher=CultureNOW|url=http://culturenow.org/entry&permalink=22171&seo=Pending-Communication_Wayne-Chabre-and-Washington-State-Arts-Commission-|accessdate=2015-10-05}} at a fire station in Seattle,{{citation|title=Seattle Fire Stations art tour: Rainier Valley Neighborhood Fire Station 28|date=March 9, 2015|publisher=City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture|url=http://artbeat.seattle.gov/2015/03/09/seattle-fire-stations-art-tour/|accessdate=2015-10-05}} Mercer Island;{{cite web | last=Longoria | first=Ruth | title=Community Center opens | newspaper =Mercer Island Reporter | date=2008-11-24 | url=http://www.mi-reporter.com/news/35021014.html | accessdate=2015-10-06}} Waitsburg;{{cite web | last=Allmand | first=Chloe | title=Art puts bronze touch on celebration | newspaper=Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | date=May 16, 2015 | url=http://www.union-bulletin.com/news/2015/may/16/art-puts-bronze-touch-celebration/ | accessdate=2015-10-06}} Washington State University Vancouver;{{citation|title=Exposing students to art|newspaper=The Columbian|date=October 19, 1998 | author= Tom Vogt|via=HighBeam |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23410235.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225131610/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23410235.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 25, 2016}} and elsewhere.
=Oregon=
File:Willamette James Clerk Maxwell and John von Neumann gargoles (University of Oregon).jpg (right) and Alan Turing (left), attached to Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon campus]]
A number of his pieces are at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where he created a series of 12 gargoyles, including:
- Thomas Condon (Thomas Condon: Portrait of Condon)
- Marie Curie (Marie Curie Gargoyle)
- Albert Einstein (Einstein Gargoyle)
- James Clerk Maxwell (Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle)
- Isaac Newton (Isaac Newton Gargoyle)
- Alan Turing (Alan Turing)
- John von Neumann (John von Neumann)
- a fruit fly (Drosophila Fly Head)
- a school of zebrafish (Zebra Fish)
The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History also displays four gargoyles: Bear Gargoyle, Salmon Gargoyle, Raven Gargoyle, and Wolf Gargoyle.
The city of Cannon Beach purchased his piece A Delicate Balance. Grasshopper is displayed in Salem, and a pair of animal sculptures is displayed at the public library in Bend (Otter Knot and Salmon Dance). Chabre created the entrance gates to Oregon Zoo (formerly the Washington Park Zoo) in Portland. He also created the bronze bas-relief entry panels to the Multnomah County Building in Portland. His "Grove" bench is at Western Oregon University, Monmouth.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
=California=
The city of Stockton, California owns a Chabre sculpture, The Great Combine, commissioned in 2009. Also in Stockton, the Joan Darrah Marina has 23 pieces created by Chabre: A large cast bronze and stainless steel bench, 12 water jet cut aluminum medallions on light poles lining the marina, and 10 cast bronze finials atop gateways to the boat slips.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
References
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{{citation|title=Wayne Chabre Profile|publisher=Codaworx|url=https://www.codaworx.com/profile/wayne-chabre/1348}}
{{citation|title=60 stories in 90 seconds|work=Oregon Quarterly|publisher=University of Oregon|year=2015|url=http://www.oregonquarterly.com/60-stories-in-90-seconds}}
{{citation|title=Public art: Wayne Chabre, "A Delicate Balance"|publisher=City of Cannon Beach|url=http://ci.cannon-beach.or.us/community/public%20art/Wayne%20Chabre.pdf}}
{{citation|title=Sculptor Chabre strives for whimsy, character|newspaper=The Pioneer|publisher=Whitman College|location=Walla Walla|author=Elana Congress|date=October 2, 2008|url=http://whitmanpioneer.com/arts/2008/10/02/sculptor-chabre-strives-for-whimsy-character/}}
{{citation|title=Public Artwork Celebration at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History|date=May 20, 2014|publisher=University of Oregon|url=http://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/public_artwork_celebration_at_the_museum_of_natural_and_cultural_history}}
{{citation|title=The Bend Public Library Receives Two Bronze Sculptures from Art in Public Places and the Bend Foundation |author=Chantal Strobel|date=May 16, 2001|publisher=Deschutes Public Library|url=http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/news/news.aspx?NewsID=1241}}
{{citation|title=Public art brings whimsy to town|date=August 6, 2011|newspaper=The Record|location=Stockton, California|url=http://www.recordnet.com/article/20110806/A_NEWS/108060324}}
{{citation|title=Ratcliff Architects (architecture firm); Wayne Chabre (artist, born 1947)|type=Database|work=Oregon Explorer—Natural Resources Digital Library|publisher=University of Oregon Libraries}}
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.waynechabre.com}}
- {{YouTube|jw-UgDP3dIQ|Wayne Chabre Native American Gargoyles}} - shows Chabre at work in his studio
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Category:People from Estacada, Oregon
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