Outdoor Sculpture Collection
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| Go north for active days and appetizing nights | You can get from Seattle to Bellingham, Wash., by driving 90 miles straight up the interstate, but you shouldn’t. The best route to this small city tucked where the mighty Cascade mountain range meets the sea can be more scenic and pleasurable. Veer off Interstate 5 about 15 miles south of… |
2022-06-29 | |
| Sculpture with a side of scenery | Officially, the Merriam-Webster dictionary describes the term "cabin fever" as "extreme irritability and restlessness from living in isolation or a confined indoor area for a prolonged time." Unofficially, I refer to it as the "never-ending spell between winter and spring when people long to… |
2022-01-26 | |
| Rain, or Shine: Enjoy Bellingham’s Arts Scene | B. Western Washington University’s Outdoor Sculpture Tour Art has a way of calming the mind and spirit, as does getting outside in the elements. Sunshine, rain or overcast skies compliment Bellingham’s outdoor sculpture… |
2021-10-20 | |
| Western Washington University showcases a renowned sculpture collection in the heart of Bellingham | For many out-of-towners, Western Washington University defines perceptions of Bellingham. It designates Bellingham as a “college town” and is alma mater to many public figures. However, Western’s collection of over 30 sculptures spreads influence nationwide. |
2021-03-08 | |
| Western Washington University showcases a renowned sculpture collection in the heart of Bellingham | For many out-of-towners, Western Washington University defines perceptions of Bellingham. It designates Bellingham as a “college town” and is alma mater to many public figures. However, Western’s collection of over 30 sculptures spreads influence nationwide. |
2021-03-08 | |
| WWU secures new $150k grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support upcoming Noguchi, Holt exhibitions | 2020-04-23 | ||
| Arts patron Virginia Wright, who donated much of what became Western's Outdoor Sculpture Collection, dies at age 91 | 2020-02-20 | ||
| Seattle arts patron Virginia Wright dies | SAM isn’t the only lucky recipient of Virginia Wright’s love for the visual arts. In the 1970s, she set up the Virginia Wright Fund, which essentially bankrolled a significant outdoor sculpture collection at Western Washington University in Bellingham. Wright also shepherded Seattle’s 1976… |
2020-02-20 | |
| Virginia Wright, art collector and philanthropist who changed Seattle’s cultural landscape, dies at 91 | The Virginia Wright Fund donated several well-known public sculptures to Seattle (including Barnett Newman’s “Broken Obelisk” in University of Washington’s Red Square and Jonathan Borofsky’s “Hammering Man” looming above Seattle Art Museum) as well as the campus of Western Washington University… |
2020-02-20 | |
| Donald Judd’s ‘Untitled 1982’ Returning to WWU Oct. 29 | 2019-10-23 |