Mike Shaffer Public Art Projects

Large-scale Projects in Public Places. . .

I like the way Dubuffet exploited his peculiar signature imagery—thick black and maybe red lines often around ovoid and free-form shapes and the way he moved it from two dimensions to three. For me it's intersecting linear elements, maybe stacked, maybe taking on log cabin or house-like configurations. The curved profiles appeared around 2000.

1. Lucy In the Sky
A landmark cabin in the Maryland hills
2. Sound House
A triangular house that makes sun-driven sounds

0. Poetry In Motion
solar-powered tower
with rotating parts
3. Putting Parts in Place
Installations: outdoor, indoor, larger, smaller

Above Left to Right
Too Tall Teahouse, ES-75, 1996, polymer enamel on wood, 12 x 6 x 6 feet, Civic Center Park, Rockville, MD. and [On Mouse Over] Rose Marie, ES-64, 1993-95, polymer enamel on wood, 13 x 9 x 9 feet, Strathmore Hall Art Center, Bethesda, MD. Maggie May, ES-84, 2002 to present, oil and alkyd on wood, 12 x 8 x 8 feet, Hyattstown Mill Arts Project, Hyattstown, MD. Bar-Barbara Ann, ES-85, 2003, polymer enamel on wood, 10 x 7 x 7 feet, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD. Suzy Q I Love You , ES-60, 1991, urethane enamel on wood, 10 x 4 x 4 feet, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.

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Public Art Projects

2005, 2004, 2003, 2002. The Road Show, Hyattstown Mill Arts Project, Hyattstown, MD.

2003, Mike Shaffer, Lines, Objects, Chaos, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD.

Present to 2002. Sculpture Trail Project, Hyattstown Mill Arts Project, Hyattstown, MD.

1996, 1989—1988. Art in Public Places and Anniversary Exhibition, Civic Center Park, City of Rockville, Rockville, MD.

2000—1994. Sculpture at Quiet Waters Park, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts and Quiet Waters Park, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, MD.

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2000—1994. Continuing Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Strathmore Hall Art Center, North Bethesda, MD.

Present to 1995, 1995—1994, Twelve Plus One Exhibition followed by acqusition in 1995, University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD.

1994—1992, 1992—1991. Outdoor Invitational Exhibitions, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.

1993—1991. Art Any Way, Montgomery County Art in Public Architecture Program, Strathmore Hall Art Center, Bethesda, MD.

1991—1990. Montgomery College 90, Rockville, MD, in conjunction with International Sculpture Conference 90, Washington, DC,

Present to 1989. Homage to an Era, Commission for Germantown Rail Station, Montgomery County Maryland, Germantown, MD.

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	1. Lucy In the Sky A landmark cabin in the Maryland hills		2. Sound House A triangular house that makes sun-driven sounds
	0. Poetry In Motion solar-powered tower with rotating parts		3. Putting Parts in Place Installations: outdoor, indoor, larger, smaller

Above Left to Right Too Tall Teahouse, ES-75, 1996, polymer enamel on wood, 12 x 6 x 6 feet, Civic Center Park, Rockville, MD. and [On Mouse Over] Rose Marie, ES-64, 1993-95, polymer enamel on wood, 13 x 9 x 9 feet, Strathmore Hall Art Center, Bethesda, MD. Maggie May, ES-84, 2002 to present, oil and alkyd on wood, 12 x 8 x 8 feet, Hyattstown Mill Arts Project, Hyattstown, MD. Bar-Barbara Ann, ES-85, 2003, polymer enamel on wood, 10 x 7 x 7 feet, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD. Suzy Q I Love You , ES-60, 1991, urethane enamel on wood, 10 x 4 x 4 feet, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
. Public Art Projects 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002. The Road Show, Hyattstown Mill Arts Project, Hyattstown, MD. 2003, Mike Shaffer, Lines, Objects, Chaos, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD. Present to 2002. Sculpture Trail Project, Hyattstown Mill Arts Project, Hyattstown, MD. 1996, 1989—1988. Art in Public Places and Anniversary Exhibition, Civic Center Park, City of Rockville, Rockville, MD. 2000—1994. Sculpture at Quiet Waters Park, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts and Quiet Waters Park, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, MD. . .		2000—1994. Continuing Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Strathmore Hall Art Center, North Bethesda, MD. Present to 1995, 1995—1994, Twelve Plus One Exhibition followed by acqusition in 1995, University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD. 1994—1992, 1992—1991. Outdoor Invitational Exhibitions, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD. 1993—1991. Art Any Way, Montgomery County Art in Public Architecture Program, Strathmore Hall Art Center, Bethesda, MD. 1991—1990. Montgomery College 90, Rockville, MD, in conjunction with International Sculpture Conference 90, Washington, DC, Present to 1989. Homage to an Era, Commission for Germantown Rail Station, Montgomery County Maryland, Germantown, MD.