2019

Native Land (We Are Still Here)

Description: DPR Construction commissioned several local artists to design new artwork for their newly constructed midtown office in Sacramento, CA.

People: Tre Borden (curator), Marshall Andrews (Project Manager at DPR), Sage LaPeña - Maidu botanist

 
 
 
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 Client

DPR is known for their commitment to sustainable design and using materials that have a low environmental impact. Their values are to integrate and reflect the community in the workplace.

 
 
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Deliverable

We created a 4ft x 6ft laser etched stainless steel panel of native Sacramento region plants designed by Jessa Ciel. The final “portrait” is an homage to the Maidu and Miwok cultures that tended (and continue to tend) this land long before European settlers arrived. The artwork is meant to inspire contemplation of our environmental impact on land and people, and to reflect on the past to make better decisions for our future. It took a year to find the right studio that would take on this project. Thank you to BJ Wilkes in PA for taking on what no other laser cutter in the country would.

 

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