Catherine Widgery

Catherine Widgery RCA (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 B.A. degree from Yale University in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[]

Widgery has lived in different parts of the US, Canada, London and Rome. She lived in Toronto from 1975 until 1999, when she moved to Truro, Massachusetts.^[2]

Public art[]

Widgery has built more than 40 public art installations across the US and Canada.^[3]

Widgery's public art projects include:

• Woven Light, Denver, Colorado,^[4][5]
• Halo, Collège Bourget de Rigaud, Quebec,^[6]
• Shadow Play, Mill Avenue/Third Street station, Valley Metro Light Rail, Tempe, Arizona,^[7]
• Leaves of Wind, El Paso, Texas,^[8][9]
• City People, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Canada,^[10]
• Sky Circles, Warm Springs BART station, Fremont, California,^[11]
• River Arch, Norwood Bridge, Winnipeg, Manitoba,^[12][13]
• Trail of Dreams, Trail of Ghosts, Santa Fe, New Mexico,^[14]
• The facade for the Rideau Centre, Ottawa,^[15]
• Four artworks installed in Montreal, Quebec, under the Public Art program of the City of Montreal:^[16]
  • Icarus^[17]
  • The Passing Song^[18]
  • Le Vent Se Lève^[19]
  •  [fr]^[20]
• Lightscape (with cj fleury), Blair O-Train station, Ottawa^[21]
• Crystal Light, North Temple Bridge/Guadalupe station and North Temple station in Salt Lake City^[22]
• Pass Through The Land, Denver, Colorado^[23]

Collections[]

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal^[24] and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.^[25]

References[]

External links[]

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