helen devos childrens hospital proposal

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Project: Helen DeVos Childrens Hospital Project

Location: 100 Michigan NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507

Proposed site: Project F : Beacons

Artist: T’Alyne 1425 Margaret SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507

www.talyne.org [email protected] 616 304 6821

Architect: Dave Huizenga, Integrated A/E, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fabricator: Dan Carlson Design, Ada, Michigan


Proposed site: Project F : Beacons T’Alyne 1425 Margaret SE 49507 www.talyne.org [email protected] 616 304 6821

StatementMy work focuses on the importance ofmark making and how this establishesrelationships and bridges between ourunderstanding of the environment andself. Flickering between two-dimensional and three-dimensionalexperiences my current work addressesthe conceptual spirit of water. Living inMichigan surrounded by fresh water Icontinually observe and am fascinatedby its constantly changing form while ittrickles, seeps, and flows. I discoverpatterns when it freezes. I amspellbound when it floats in the air.Water is capable of great power anddestruction. It is beautiful as it filters,reflects, refracts, and interacts with light.It represents a precise process, anexchange of energy that has its ownnatural timing and organization.

Studio View during production, Vermont



Artistic goals: I believe it is important to encourage cultural connections throughoutour society establishing value and ensuring a reasonable participation in thephilanthropic process for the arts and humanities. We must move toward anunderstanding of the value of art in our communities and family life. During this project,I am interested in embracing and highlighting our connections with the water aroundand near us through identifying its beauty, fragility, and its ethereal aspects. Throughmy work as an artist, I want to be part of the wave of collective consciousnessimplementing awareness. Building up our inventory of experiences that support thevalue of creativity and cultural heritage to the lives of people and their communities isessential. All life absolutely depends on and receives pleasure from water in some form.



Why important to artist?

Water is a precious resource that we needto protect. Being a responsible steward ofour resources is key. Environmentalawareness and protecting our naturalresources are crucial if we are to survive.As a culture we are too busy to notice thedelicacy of this complete system of life.Through my work as an artist, I view thisproject as a means to highlight these subtlespaces that filter and support water. It iscrucial that we attend to the beauty,tranquility, and serenity in order to returnto the center of balance. When we takecare of our water we directly impactourselves.

Studio View production of Waterfalls, Vermont



Why important to artist:

• My grandparents, George and LeotaSietsema have made significant giftsto the community.

• Millenium Park: Naming of LakeLeota, as well as significant propertyadditions to the park.

• Spectrum and VanAndel Institute:Significant contributions in memoryof my grandmother.

• Learning from the philanthropiclegacy of my grandparents, Georgeand Leota Sietsema, it is important tome to continue bringing it forward.

Millenium Park, Kent County Parks, Michigan



Objectives and Goals:

• Create an aesthetically pleasing series of 5BEACONS to inspire and guide children andfamilies as they enter and interact within the hospitalenvironment.

• Accentuate the entrance of the hospital and create arestorative feeling and a sense place that is inspiringand fun.

• Provide visually dynamic objects that will enhancethe architectural structure and environment.

• Design a series of “beacons” that will flood the spacewith color. Utilizing color to enhance the healingprocess in turn adding comfort to the environment.

• Foster solid collaborative partnerships with localbusinesses.


Proposed site: Project F : BeaconsT’Alyne 1425 Margaret SE 49507 www.talyne.org [email protected] 616 304 6821

Beacon-n

1. A light house or signalingbuoy that produces a light towarn or guide ships.

2. A light on a hilltop or towerused as a signal to warn orguide.

3. A prominent hill on whichfires were formerly lit as asignal.

4. Somebody or something thatinspires or guides others.



Site Specifics for Project F: Beacons

Create site-specific sculptures that mimic the widerange of contour lines found in the surroundinglandscapes, highlighting the views of the GrandRiver from the hospital.

Locate each sculpture on the site to maximizeinteractions and interplay with light.

Proposed sculptures will be a series of 5 beaconshung from the ceiling.

Each beacon is illuminated with strands of LEDlights, and raised or lowered with a motorizedpulley.

Beacon A: 6’Height x 13’Diameter x40.83Circumference

Beacon B: 3’ H x 9’D x 28.274 C

Beacon C: 6’ H x 6’D x 18.85 C

Beacon D: 6’ H x 3’ D x 9.425 C

Beacon E: 3’ H x 6’ D x 18.85 C



Materials Description:– Fabricate the frame structures out of anodized

aluminum and steel cable. The use ofanodized aluminum provides a lightweight,long lasting, durable, and low maintenancematerial.

– Imbed image and color onto fiberglass usingwater based varnish, UV resins and pigments.The use of fiberglass provides a durablelightweight, low maintenance, fire retardantmaterial that introduces elegant color into thehospital environment.

– Led lights will hang in the interior of eachBeacon. The use of Led lights will provide along lasting illumination source that willengage the fiberglass, flooding the space withcolor. In addition, enhancing the Beaconsvisibility from the exterior of the building.

– Each Beacon will be motorized for ease ofraising and lowering objects if Led lights everneed maintenance.



Site views for Project F: Beacons

Front entrance

Main lobby Shop

Blueprint and placement of Beacons



Design Description:Simple use of elegant forms and color that will result in dynamic, whimsical, poetic

combinations that will appeal to audiences of all ages and embrace all cultures andreligions.

Final sculptures will be developed by imbedding color and composition within the fiberglassand resin panels.

Color will be used as a means to encourage healing and growth.Resulting effect will be similar to stained glass.

Exhibition View, Cathedral de St Jacques, France



educationMFA, Arizona State University, Summa Cum Laude,

Printmaking and FoundryBA, Arizona State University, Magna Cum Laude,

DrawingBFA, Arizona State University, Magna Cum Laude,

Printmakingawards and residenciesFellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VTHonorable Mention, Celebration, First United Methodist

Church, Grand Rapids, MIPeoples Choice, Celebration, First United Methodist

Church, Grand Rapids, MIFellowship, Virginia Creative Centre of Art, Amherst, VAArtist-in-Residence, Banff Centre, Banff, CanadaFrederick Meijer Botanical Garden and Sculpture Park,

Loeshner Award runner-upFellowship, Camac Centre d'Art, Marnay-sur-Seine,

FranceFellowship, Atelier Fourwinds, Aureille, FrancePell GrantASU Printmaking GrantInterlochen All-American Scholarship, Michigan

Over the River and through the woods Fiberglass, varnish, pigment, steelWest Michigan Natural Storage exhibition. 85’ underground.



solo exhibitionsAnd then there was water, Open Concept Gallery, Michigan

Emerge, West MI Natural Storage-Gypsum Mines, Grand Rapids, MichiganMoving Walls, Forest Hills Fine Arts Centre, Cascade, Michigan

One Year, Wellington Institute of Technology, Wellington, New ZealandMerged, Gallery James Kaneko, Sacramento, California

In Sound, Conservatoire de Musique de Marcel Landowski, Troyes, FrancedaVinci Room (permanent installation), Camac , Marnay-sur-Seine, France

Gaps in Time, Eglise de Saint Jacques, Dival, FranceNew Works, Atelier Fourwinds, Aureille, France

Keep Quiet, Young Bickley Geiger Architects, Phoenix, Arizona

Studio View, Vermont



group exhibitionsArtprize, Huntington Corporate, Grand Rapids, MILexington Art League, Lexington, KYSouth Bend Museum of Contemporary Art, South

Bend, INHeavy Metal, Waterstreet Gallery, Douglas, MIRetrospective, Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, MINooks and Corners, Cascade Gallery, MITrendsetters, Waterstreet Gallery, Douglas, MISmall Works, Cascade Gallery, Cascade, MIFestival 2007, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand

Rapids, MI Juror : Roger TimmermanisGovernors Residence, UICA, Grand Rapids, MIRegional Annual Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of

Art, Muskegon, MI Juror : Dr Howard RisattiCelebration, First United Methodist Church, Grand

Rapids, MIFestival 2005, Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI : Juror :

Art Martin

86th Annual Regional Exhibition, Toledo Museum ofArt, OH Jurors : Vince Castagnacci andTarrance Corbin

Regional Juried Competition, Lansing Centre for theArts, MI

Festival 2004, Grand Rapids Art Museum, MI

Underground Studio, Grand Rapids, MI

Bogena Galerie, St Paul de Vence, France

Galerie Terre d'Art, St Paul de Vence, France

Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Eye Lounge, Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ

Eye Lounge, Mesa Contemporary Centre for the Arts,Mesa, AZ

Art Detour, Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ

Drawings in Sculpture, Step, Tempe, AZ

Desert Iron, Tempe Center Gallery, Tempe, AZ

Nathan Cummings, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ



public artAnd then there was water…Temporary Public Art, Open Concept Gallery, MILake Dr. Mural Project, Mixed Greens & Fred Bouma Co., Grand Rapids, MI

daVinci Room, Camac Centre D’Art, Marnay sur Seine, FranceArtstops, Grand Rapids MI in progress

Catholic Diocese, Grand Rapids, MI in progress



public collectionsMuseo De Arte Contemporanco, MexicoCarrillo Gil Mexico D.F., MexicoGrand Valley State University, MIWest Michigan Centre of Arts and Technology,

Grand Rapids, MIKaiser Foundation, CAFondation Franck Tenot, FrancePole University, Vichy, FranceE.on Energie AG, Munich, GermanyPFE Prufungsgesellschaft fur

Energieversorgunosunternehmen mbh,Munich, Germany

Hais Architects, Phoenix, AZTerra Sana, Alberta, CanadaCohen Cohen Law Offices: Phoenix, AZ and

Las Vegas, NV

Alan Blau and Associates, Ltd., AZAlain Pourain PDV, Villenauxe la Grande,

FranceFirst United Methodist Church, Grand Rapids,

MILecocq Executive Offices Vichy, FrancePatricia Klinck, Ph.D., Alberta, CanadaCurtiss Legg, Ph.D., AZRichard R. Raubolt, Ph.D., MI Camac Centre d’Art, Marnay sur Seine, FranceArizona Country Club, Phoenix, AZMetro Health Hospital, Grand Rapids, MIHonorable George Heartwell, Mayor, City of

Grand Rapids, MIJoseph Jeup Furniture Headquarters, Grand

Rapids, MI



IMAGES: Site Specific examples of color and Composition

Johnson, Vermont Pine Cay Island, Caribbean

CAMAC Centre D’Art, FranceColor and composition inspired by the Seine River

All images representvarious bodies of water from Vermont, the Caribbean, and France.



IMAGES: Site Specific examples of Color and CompositionAmherst, Virginia Crabtree Falls, Blue Ridge Mountains Pine Cay Island, Caribbean, Ocean view at Frey home

Charlevoix, MichiganFall on the Frey Farm ponds Upper Pennisula, Michigan

Early Morning on private lake at the Frey family compound

All imagesRepresent bodiesof water andwaterfalls fromVirginia, Caribbean,and NorthernMichigan.



IMAGES: Site Specific examples of Color and composition

Artprize 2009,Huntington Corporate, Grand Rapids, MI

Work created duringFellowship at VermontStudio Center, April 09

Images represent the cycle of water as I experienced the mountains and waterfallsduring snowmelt season in Vermont.



T’Alyne References:• Suny Monk, Director, Virginia Center of Creative Arts, Virginia154 San Angelo DrAmherst VA [email protected] 434-946-7236 Office 434. 946.9960

• Jean Yves Coffre, Director, CAMAC Centre D’Art, France1, Grande Rue10400 Marnay sur Seine [email protected] 032-539-2061 Office 0663796054 cell

• Honorable George Heartwell, Mayor of Grand Rapids, [email protected]

• Robert Eleveld, Attorney, McGarry [email protected] 616-742-3500

• Karen Lott, Executive Director, Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, Michigan600 Forest Hill Ave SEGrand Rapids MI [email protected] 616-493-8965



Dan Carlson References:• Grand Rapids Community Foundation: Exterior Signage

185 Oaks Ave SW

Roberta King- 616-454-1751 x 119

• Ada Township: Roselle Park observation Deck

Jim Ferro, Township planner 616-676-9191

• Xibitz: Grand Rapids Community Foundation Lobby sculpture: Eli Lilly & Co.

5809 Cross Roads Pkwy SW, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Joe Maxwell 616-247-3500

• James and Shirley Balk/ Hausen Balk Steel

1230 Monroe Ave NW 616-458-1414

• Visbeen Architects: Cornerstone University

Grand logo sculpture

Wayne Visbeen 616-285-9901



Dave Huizenga References:• Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids

• David D. Hunting YMCA, Grand Rapids

• Cathedral Square Center, Grand Rapids

• Space Source - 169 Monroe, Grand Rapids

• 38 Commerce, Grand Rapids - under construction

• Herman Miller dealer showrooms: Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, St. Louis, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco

• Herman Miller manufacturing facility café venues and wall graphics: Spring Lake, Zeeland

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