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by Ann Cunningham and Amy Laugesen
Children’s Garden Montessori, Denver,CO
Public Art
Medium: Slate bas relief
Dimesions: 4’ x 12’ x 4"
Price: $10,000
Year Completed: 2007
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: This is an interactive chalk board- an all ages activity.
The chalkboard is a bas relief carved in slate. The school children are
able to add colorful drawings with non-toxic chalks. This was lots of fun!
by Ann Cunningham and Amy Laugesen
Children’s Garden Montessori, Denver,CO
Public Art
Medium: Slate bas relief
Dimesions: 4’ x 12’ x 4"
Price: $10,000
Year Completed: 2007
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: This is an interactive chalk board-an all ages activity.
This photo is of very young children drawing on their characters in colorful
non-toxic chalks. Adults just walking by stopped in to add things as we were
finishing the installation. This was lots of fun!
Arbor Day Lodge - Nebraska State Park
Public Art
Medium: Bronze
Dimesions: 64" x 30" x 40"
Price: $45,000
Year Completed: 2008
Description: This life size, public art commission is of Caroline Morton,
co-founder of Arbor Day. I spent a lot of time researching her and the times
and culture that shaped her. I talked to local and national historians and visited
libraries and museums so that I expressed her passion appropriately.
Arbor Day Lodge - Nebraska State Park
Public Art
Medium: Bronze
Dimesions: 64" x 30" x 40"
Price: $45,000
Year Completed: 2008
Description: This life size, public art commission is of Caroline Morton,
co-founder of Arbor Day. I spent a lot of time researching her and the times
and culture that shaped her. I talked to local and national historians and visited
libraries and museums so that I expressed her passion appropriately.
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
Artwork in two dorms with a total of 5 distinct elements including:
Detail image: Watertown
Medium: stone, bronze, water feature
Dimensions: 7’ x 5’ x 15"
Price: $20,000
Year Completed: 2001
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: Sights, sounds, and textures make this sculpted stone,
bronze, and water piece an engaging experience for all the students and
staff at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind.
Medium: oak, slate, limestone, marble, travertine, onyx, bronze
Dimensions: 36” x 12’ x 2"
Price: $36,000
Year Completed: 2014
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: This image depicts the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains
in Colorado. Stones and bronze have distinct textures so that it is easy to
feel the different features in this image. There are Braille labels with numbers
linked to a key which describes the mountain, rivers, cities and state symbols.
Click here to read a blog post about this artwork.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center - Tactile Gallery
Medium: Slate bas relief
Dimensions: 2’ x 10’ x 1"
four panels each 2’ x 2’ x 1”
Price: $10000
Year Completed: 2008
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: This piece chronicles from Spring through Winter. It is a
teaching tactile picture that illustrates seasonal differences, Pikes Peak,
and picture plane principals. There is a teaching component that goes with the
piece, and I will be instructing the docents on how to use it with sighted & blind visitors.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center - Tactile Gallery
Medium: Slate bas relief
Dimensions: 2’ x 10’ x 1"
four panels each 2’ x 2’ x 1”
Price: $10000
Year Completed: 2008
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: When Buna figured out the squirrels in the panel, she said it
made her sad because she had heard about squirrels all her life, but she
never knew what to imagine. We had a happy hour going through all the
panels and discussing information that was new to her.
Medium: Slate background, bronze and cherry wood appliqués
Dimensions: 32" x 27" x 2"
Price: $25,000
Year Completed: 2009
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: This is a tactile interpretation of the iconic painting by Grant Wood.
The project is one of seven parts.
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 3"
Price: $25,000
Year Completed: 2009
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: This project is a teaching tool using illustrations of realistic, stylized,
and abstracted. The project is one of seven parts.
Medium: Slate background, bronze and cherry wood appliqués
Dimensions: 27" x 32" x 2"
Price: $25,000
Year Completed: 2009
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: “Regional Landscape” and “Contour Map” are tied together, as both
depict the same area but from different perspectives. “Regional Landscape” is looking
north, and “Contour Map” is a bird’s eye view. The project is one of seven parts.
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 3"
Price: $25,000
Year Completed: 2009
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: “Regional Landscape” and “Contour Map” are tied together, as both
depict the same area but from different perspectives. “Regional Landscape” is looking
north, and “Contour Map” is a bird’s eye view. The project is one of seven parts.
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 3"
Price: $25,000
Year Completed: 2009
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: This project is a teaching tool – outline and overlap. The project is one of seven parts.
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 8.5" x 18" x 4"
Price: $25,000
Year Completed: 2009
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: This project is a teaching tool using realistic illustrations. The project
is one of seven parts. It was a public commission for the Iowa Department for the
Blind Library, Des Moines, Iowa.
Medium: bronze
Dimensions: lifesize
Price: $6,000
Year Completed: 2011
Description: tenBroek Library, National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, Maryland
Medium: Slate background, bronze and cherry wood appliqués
Dimensions: 32" x 27" x 2"
Price: $25,000
Year Completed: 2009
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: Reader on a magical journey - living now outside a library in Nebraska
collection Morton James Public Library, Nebraska City, NE
Reading by Moonlight
Medium: Colorado Yule Marble
Dimensions: 36" x 48" x 24"
Price: $10,000
Year Completed: 2002
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: Reader on a magical journey - living now outside a library in Nebraska
Medium: Slate bas relief / Marble / Bronze
Dimensions: 24" x 49" x 2"
Price: $26,800
Year Completed: 2010
Art in Public Places: yes
Description: This project was directed by the clientele of the Golden Circle Senior
Center in Red Deer, Canada. We illustrated activities that were important to them,
and I incorporated them into the artwork. There are four different scenes.



collection County of Santa Cruz, CA - located at Pleasure Point Park
Medium: bronze on ferro cement bases
Dimensions: 3’ x 20’ x 2’
Price: $14,350
Year Completed: 2013
Art in Public Places: Yes
Location: Pleasure Point Park
Public Art Program: Santa Cruz County, California
Description: Three bas relief panels over looking the Pacific Ocean. One depicts
sea otters, one dolphins and one shoreline sea birds. The actual animals can be seen
in the ocean from this vantage point. Each panel has Braille and large print information
to compliment the images.
collection County of Santa Cruz, CA - located at Pleasure Point Park
Medium: bronze on ferro cement bases
Dimensions: 36" x 20" x 15"
Price: $14,350
Year Completed: 2013
Art in Public Places: Yes
Location: Pleasure Point Park
Public Art Program: Santa Cruz County, California
Description: This bronze panel is accessible through touch as well as vision.
The image is of Pacific White-sided dolphins and Bottle-nosed dolphins. Information
about them is at the bottom of the panel in large print and Braille.
collection County of Santa Cruz, CA - located at Pleasure Point Park
Medium: bronze on ferro cement bases
Dimensions: 36" x 20" x 15"
Price: $14,350
Year Completed: 2013
Art in Public Places: Yes
Location: Pleasure Point Park
Public Art Program: Santa Cruz County, California
collection County of Santa Cruz, CA - located at Pleasure Point Park
Medium: bronze on ferro cement bases
Dimensions: 36" x 20" x 15"
Price: $14,350
Year Completed: 2013
Art in Public Places: Yes
Location: Pleasure Point Park
Public Art Program: Santa Cruz County, California
Description: Looking out over the water it is easy to see the sea otters floating
on the waves. This sculpture helps visitors understand some fun facts about these
animals. The large print and Braille makes the information as accessible to touch and
vision as well as the bas relief sculpture.