Lorna Jordan Explained

Lorna Jordan (1954 - 2021) is an American artist known for her public artworks based on environmental themes. She died on 24 February 2021.^[1]

Work

Her public artwork Bow Passage Overlook is located in the Pearce Estate Park in Calgary, Alberta.^{[2] [3]}

Jordan's 1998 work Waterworks Gardens, a collaboration made visible the process of water processing at the Renton, Washington wastewater treatment plant.^{[4] [5]}

Jordan's work is included in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum^[6] and the State of Washington.^[7]

In 2010, the City of Madison received a grant from the NEA Mayors’ Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative^[8] to work with Jordan in designing Madison's Central Park (now named McPike Park). The Jordan designed "Art Approach" included in the Central Park Master Plan^[9] includes a conceptual framework and outlines descriptions and locations of artworks to be integrated into Central Park's systems, connections and places. The design team also included Schreiber/Anderson Associates; Ken Saiki Design; and JJR, LLC.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Five Things You Should Know About Environmental Artist Lorna Jordan. October 21, 2010. NEA.
2. Web site: Bow Passage Overlook - Public Artwork. May 16, 2011. www.calgary.ca.
3. Web site: Calgary's Weirdest Public Art. Elizabeth. Dizon. YYCNOW.
4. Web site: Giving thanks for life's most basic element: water. November 22, 2007. The Seattle Times.
5. Web site: MICD25 Spotlight on Kent, Washington. December 16, 2010. NEA.
6. Web site: Lorna Jordan – Artists – eMuseum. art.seattleartmuseum.org.
7. Web site: Artist Collection.
8. Web site: National Endownment for the Arts Grants by Calendar Year.
9. Web site: Amended Final Report. cityofmadison.com. 21 September 2023.