City of New Haven Skyline Graphic  - Link To City Homepage Spacer Image
ResidentsVisitorsBusinessOnline ServicesAsk New HavenGuide To New Haven Spacer Image
spacer image Search Site Government Forms Central Calendars Emergency Info

City Home
Economic Development Home
Administrator
City Plan
Commission of Equal Opportunity
Dept. of Transportation, Traffic & Parking
Gateway Downtown Development Project
River Street MDP
Livable City Initiative
Lot E Project
Office of Cultural Affairs
Cultural Affairs Calendar
Small Construction Business Development
Route 34 West Municipal Development Plan (MDP)
Welcome to the the City of New Haven EconomicDevelopment

Cultural Affairs Home | Percent for Art Home

Percent for Art Program New Haven

 

Fair Haven Neighborhood
Completed Commissions: Seaman Sculpture | Aluminum Arched Trellis | Circle of Life | Tree of Life | Going Skyway to Wow

Going Places: Skyway to Wow

Artist: Nancy Cohen
Date: 2004
Material: Paper, wire, aluminum, wood
Location: Ross/Woodward School interior. 185 Barnes Avenue.

Described by the artist as a spirited installation piece that provides "visual food for thought [which] reinforces a central lesson of the best of schools," Going Places Skyway to Wow! exists in two parts, attached hanging from the atrium ceiling of the new school's atrium.

Cohen designed her work to parallel the curving interior walls and the steel wave of the entryway, laying out track that captures the viewer's attention with movement and the use of rich primary colors. The aluminum and wood armatures of wheels, hoops and cloud-like forms were constructed in the artist's Jersey City studio, then covered in handmade papers produced by the Dieu Donne Papermill in New York City.

One of the discoveries students will find in the artwork is the insertion of different types of papers (graphic, notebook and construction) which Cohen hopes will keep viewers engaged. There are multiple angles from which to view the works, each presenting new visual compositions.

 

Going Places: Skyway to Wow by Nancy Cohen

Map of Location | Get Directions

map


Residents | Visitors | Business | Online Services | Ask New Haven | Guide to New Haven | Government | Forms Central | Calendars | Emergency Info