Emily Steele Sculpture Collection at Chinook Hall, Linn Benton Community College (Corvallis)
Public Art On View
The Arts Center’s Emily Steele Sculpture Collection
A long-term collaborative loan project between Linn-Benton Community College and The Arts Center
Located at Chinook Hall
(931 NW Reiman Ave, Corvallis)
About the Artist and The Emily Steele Sculpture Collection
Emily Steele, was a Corvallis artist who developed a unique technique of kiln shaping glass to construct free standing sculpture. Steele actively developed her art career from 1971 to 1988, was represented by galleries in Portland and Los Angeles, and has work in over forty public and private collections. In Corvallis, other works by Emily Steele can be seen in the First Presbyterian Church (Allison Room), Corvallis Benton County Public Library, and at the Good Samaritan Regional Hospital (Chapel).
The Steele family generously donated her sculpture collection to The Arts Center with dual goals: to make the collection accessible to the community and to build lasting support for public arts programs of The Arts Center.
Three pieces from The Arts Center’s Emily Steele Sculpture Collection are on long-term loan to Chinook Hall, Linn Benton Community College, Corvallis, to inspire creativity and contribute to community well-being.
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Dark Curtain
by Emily Steele, 1939 – 2020
1978 – kiln-shaped leaded opaque black and semi transparent blue glass and steel sculpture
This monochromatic work and Northern Spirit, also in the Chinook Hall lobby, play with reflection of changing light on the flowing surface of the work.
Northern Light
by Emily Steele, 1939 – 2020
1978 – kiln-shaped leaded white glass and steel sculpture
Reflection of light throughout the day on the flowing surface of the work creates depth, movement, change.
Space, Time, Movement
by Emily Steele, 1939 – 2020
1978 – kiln-shaped leaded white glass and steel sculpture
This kinetic sculpture, with no visible means of support through its center, is one of Emily’s most amazing works. It was once featured on the rooftop of the Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, and then greeted visitors in the entryway to the Steele’s home for many years.
Donations are gladly accepted to support community-based public arts programs coordinated by The Arts Center.