Permanent Art Displays - And if the River Calls
Permanent Art Displays - And if the River Calls
"Our intent is to create a visual experience that is at once striking, surprising and pleasing to the eye yet lingers on more subtle levels inside the viewers...to find out for themselves what it means to explore the place where the edges of things touch and meet."
- To-Ree-Nee Keiser
The mixed-media banner project, And if the river calls, was created by Tucson artists To-Ree-Nee Keiser and Patrick J. McArdle for Sun Tran's Tohono Tadai Transit Center. The banners echo a central theme of the Tohono Tadai design: "Urban Grid Meets River and Mountains." Blending vivid imagery, evocative photographs, and poetic text, they suggest a journey, inviting the viewer to explore the place where the edges of things touch and meet. The original project, on display at Tohono Tadai Transit Center, consists of 30 banners, with text in English, Spanish, and Tohono O'Odham. A second installation, consisting of 10 banners, is located at the Main Library of the Pima County Public Library system.
To-Ree-Nee Keiser has designed numerous outdoor-art projects in Tucson. Her many public art commissions include works at Cholla High School, El Pueblo Center, and Collier Elementary School. She recently completed work on the South Park Avenue Improvement Project and the Quincie Douglas Recreation Center.
Patrick J. McArdle is a photographer, graphic designer,and web developer who has photographed extensively in Japan, Central America, and throughout the United States. He has produced photographs for documentaries on Nicaragua and the homeless in San Diego.