PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS

This 20-foot glass wall art piece at the Rondo Community Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota, features an installation of visual poetry that includes specific works by Sheila Murphy and others.  The work was commissioned under the direction of installation artist, Harriet Bart.

 

 

 

This visual poem, the work of Sheila Murphy is etched into the glass of the Rondo Community Library Entrance.

Sheila Murphy's poem, Three Chimes, was awarded a monetary prize and incorporated into a public area called Poets Pause in the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Host Mountain Resort of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

 

 

 

 

 

This poem was etched in stone and featured as part of a meditation area. The physical space encompasses wooden and stone materials in which the poem is featured.

“Three Chimes” is a poem intended to be heard aloud.  The vowel sounds mimic chimes, in response to the place of meditation at the site in Whistler. This hay(na)ku sequence consists of lines having one word, two words, and three words per passage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visual Art: Exhibitions and Publications

  • Visual Poetry Exhibition, Ráday Könyvesház. Budapest, Hungary. April, 2010.

  • Asemic Exhibit in Smolensk. Russia. April 17 – May 1, 2010.

  • Explanations of Signs. Collaborative Paintings with Rupert Loydell. University College Falmouth. 2009.

  • For the Descendents to Ascend: Integrated Mural: Commissioned by Family Office Research and -- Management, Sydney, Australia. 2008.

  • Visual Poetry Etched on Glass Wall. Rondo Community Library and Housing Project, Commissioned Artwork. -- Minneapolis, 2006.

  • Blends and Bridges. Cleveland, Ohio, 2006.

  • Still Life with Words: an International Exhibition. Gallery 308, Minneapolis, 2005.

  • Sound Vision Vision Sound III. Nave Gallery, Somerville, Massachusetts, 2005.

  • Infinity. Dudley House. Harvard University, 2005.

  • Vispo at Durban Segnini Gallery. Miami, Florida, 2005.

Visual Poetry Book Publications

  • This Is Visual Poetry. chapbookpublisher.com. 2010.

  • Permutoria (with K.S. Ernst). Luna Bisonte Prods, 2008.