Catherine Widgery Explained

Catherine Widgery
Birth Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nationality:	American
Education:	Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1975
Known For:	Sculptor

Catherine Widgery (born 1953) is an American artist.^[1] 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.

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.^[2]

Widgery's public art projects include:

• Woven Light, Denver, Colorado,^{[3] [4]}
• Halo, Collège Bourget de Rigaud, Quebec,^[5]
• Shadow Play, Mill Avenue/Third Street station, Valley Metro Light Rail, Tempe, Arizona,^[6]
• Leaves of Wind, El Paso, Texas,^{[7] [8]}
• City People, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Canada,^[9]
• Sky Circles, Warm Springs BART station, Fremont, California,^[10]
• River Arch, Norwood Bridge, Winnipeg, Manitoba,^{[11] [12]}
• Trail of Dreams, Trail of Ghosts, Santa Fe, New Mexico,^[13]
• The facade for the Rideau Centre, Ottawa,^[14]
• Four artworks installed in Montreal, Quebec, under the Public Art program of the City of Montreal:^[15]
  • Icarus^[16]
  • The Passing Song^[17]
  • Le Vent Se Lève^[18]
  • ^[19]
• Lightscape (with cj fleury), Blair O-Train station, Ottawa^[20]
• Crystal Light, North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe station and North Temple station in Salt Lake City^[21]
• Pass Through The Land, Denver, Colorado^[22]

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal^[23] and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.^[24]

Notes and References

1. Web site: CCCA Artist Profile for Catherine Widgery. ccca.concordia.ca. 17 April 2019. 2 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213436/http://ccca.concordia.ca/artists/artist_info.html?languagePref=en&link_id=383. dead.
2. Web site: Nys Dambrot . Shana . Catherine Widgery: Public Art and Visual Poetics for a Better World . huffpost.com . 18 October 2016 . 1 December 2019.
3. Web site: Woven Light. denverpublicart.org.
4. Web site: Five Things for Art Lovers to Do and See This Weekend in Denver. Susan. Froyd. 23 May 2018. Westword.
5. Web site: Catherine Widgery: Public Art and Visual Poetics for a Better World. Shana Nys. Dambrot. 17 October 2016. HuffPost.
6. Web site: From Phoenix to Mesa, Here's Your Guide to Public Art on the Light Rail. Lynn. Trimble. 28 September 2016. Phoenix New Times.
7. Web site: catherine widgery transforms bus stops into virtual gardens. 5 March 2015. designboom - architecture & design magazine.
8. Web site: Sun Metro Brio station art recognized by national architecture magazine. Jessica. Gonzalez. 20 April 2015. KFOX.
9. Web site: Why The Financial District is Toronto's Best Public Art Gallery. 10 February 2017. Torontoist.
10. Web site: Warm Springs BART Station Features Grand Rotunda, Art Glass. Raquel Maria. Dillon. NBC Bay Area.
11. Web site: Historic Sites of Manitoba: Norwood Bridge / Main Street Bridge (Winnipeg). mhs.mb.ca.
12. Book: Susan A. Thompson. Her Worship: Moments in History, Moments in Time. 29 August 2016. FriesenPress. 978-1-4602-9477-2. 118–.
13. Web site: Art in Public Places Program. santafenm.gov. 26 August 2023.
14. Web site: Rideau Centre grand opening: Five things to get excited about - Ottawa Citizen. Evelyn. Harford. 11 August 2016.
15. Web site: Catherine Widgery.
16. Web site: Icarus. Art Public Montréal. 9 December 2020.
17. Web site: The Passing Song. Art Public Montréal. 9 December 2020.
18. Web site: Le Vent Se Lève. Art Public Montréal. 9 December 2020.
19. Web site: Wind Boat. Art Public Montréal. 9 December 2020.
20. Web site: O-Train Confederation Line . City of Ottawa . 17 September 2019.
21. Web site: Catherine Widgery: Crystal Light. saltlakepublicart.org. Salt Lake City. 18 August 2020.
22. Web site: CultureNOW - Pass Through the Land: Catherine Widgery. 2021-03-01. culturenow.org. 2 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213336/https://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D18456%26seo%3DPass-Through-the-Land_Catherine-Widgery. dead.
23. Web site: Catherine Widgery, Silence and Slow Time, 1994. MAC Montréal.
24. Web site: Widgery, Catherine - Collections - MNBAQ - Collections - MNBAQ. collections.mnbaq.org.