LAURIE LUNDQUIST
Willco Art and Design
1417 S.Grandview Drive
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 894 6211 laurie@laurielundquist.com
Laurie Lundquist is an artist
and educator who brings a deep interest in natural systems and
engineering to the design process. Environmental issues are often
a subtext in her sculptural installations and planning process.
Lundquist's work is concept driven, she chooses from a wide variety
of materials and methods to integrate art works into a given
site. She thinks that designing artwork into municipal projects
can reinforce connection to place by drawing on specific observations,
local memories, and visible landmarks to underscore the identity
of a given place.
As a design team artist, Lundquist has collaborated effectively with architects engineers and planners to integrate art into the overall design of numerous public projects including:
· Flyover, Pedestrian Overpass,
US 60 and Country Club Way, Tempe, Arizona 2004 / Parsons Transportation
Group.
· Water Muse, Town Lake Marina Lagoon, Tempe, Arizona,
2004 / Michael Baker Jr. Engineers.
· Gilbert Park and Ride, 2003 / TranSystems and Logan
Simpson Design.
· Valley Metro Rail Design Team Artist for Line Section
4 in collaboration with TranSystems inc., Line Section 3 / DWL
architects.
· Lay of the Land, Streetscape Phoenix, Arizona 2003 /
City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department.
· Sweet Acacia Project (SAP), Scottsdale, Arizona, 2000
/ Moore/Swick Partnership.
· Rio Salado Linear Park, South Bank Tempe, Arizona 1998
/ Moore/Swick Partnership.
· Papago Arroyo Wildlife Corridor, Tempe, Arizona (1998-1999)
· Rio Salado Bike path, Tempe, Arizona 1995 / Moore/Swick
Partnership.
Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge, Phoenix, Arizona, 1998 / HDR & SVR inc.
Education:
M F A in Sculpture, Arizona State University, 1990
B F A in Sculpture, Maine College of Art, 1984
Skowhegan School, Visual Arts Residency 1985
Nursery Management (Landscaping) Certificate,
Pennsylvania State University, 1975
Awards:
City of Tempe Beautification Award, Flyover Pedestrian Bridge,
2005
Valley Forward Design Excellence Award, Marina water Muse, 2004
Americans for the Arts, Public Arts Network, Year in review,
2004
Papago Salado Design Competition, Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona,
Jurors choice Portals and Loops team. 2002
City of Tempe, Beautification Award, Papago Arroyo, Phase II
2001
City of Tempe Beautification Award, Papago Arroyo, 1999
Valley Forward Design Excellence Award, Mt. Pass Pedestrian Bridge,
1998
Valley Forward Design Excellence Award, Rio Salado Bike path,
1997
"Connection to place is a powerful elemental relationship that influences our way of being in the world. As an artist I aspire to design places or circumstances that will trigger a sense of connection to our surroundings. Place making in the urban environment becomes a vehicle for reinforcing my own relationship to the city and hopefully empowers other people in the same way."