Public Art Project Component 2: Project Update and Source Documentation

Our group’s final project is mapping public artwork on campus, and our work so far has consisted of three things: choosing the artwork to research, finding online resources/getting in touch with archive people, and beginning to set up the ArcGIS map and WordPress site.

For online resources we’ve been able to find books through online library access, but also relevant entries in the Carleton website. Many of the books are historical collections of general Carleton history, meaning the amount of relevant information will be sparse and hard to find, but it’s still worth looking into. We’ve also reached out to David Bliss and Sara Cluggish about relevant information in the archives and Teresa Lenzen for relevant information from the Perlman Teaching Museum, all of whom have responded with interest to meet or helpful information!

Current changes from our initial plan have revolved around narrowing down our concept and reducing the photogrammetry aspect. There is a LOT of public art on campus and not all of it is particularly notable or permanent. This has prompted us to focus on sculptures and permanent fixtures on campus. The size of the sculptures would make many of them difficult to 3D model and the number of them would make modeling them all very time consuming, so we’ve been thinking of choosing one to 3D model and just mapping the rest.

MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS

Claire: I have started work on the WordPress website–filling out the form with the group in class, picking a theme, and then setting up the structure of most or all of the pages we will be filling. I have also done research for Toff, and created a few of the citations for the sources list. 

Kattie: took pictures of Japanese garden and wrote description for Fountain. 

Maddie: I have set up meetings with David Bliss at the Carleton Archives and Teresa Lenzen at the Perlman Museum to look at any relevant files and records of public art at Carleton. I have also collected information about the sculpture behind Boliou.

Adiana: So far I have added art to our list, created the ArcGIS map and placed our preliminary points, done research for the Japanese Garden, and created citations for the sources list. 

Helana:  I have taken photos of the tapestry in Burton, the Schiller sculpture and the man in the robe sculptures in the library. I have also taken pictures of the Carleton Arch and Toff for 3D Modeling.

SOURCES

At this point, we don’t full list of final sources due to the number of artworks and the ongoing search for archival information, but we have a solid amount preliminary resources, though we probably won’t end up using all of them.

General Sources

• Museum, Perlman Teaching. “Art on Campus – Carleton College.” Carleton. Accessed November 2, 2023. https://www.carleton.edu/museum/collection/explore/campus/.
  • Format – webpage
  • Rights – owned by Perlman Teaching Museum/Carleton College
  • Privacy/ethics – No private information on the page, just pictures of some of the public art and names of the artists and the person who took the pictures of the art for the page. 

• Jarchow, Merrill E. 1992. Carleton Moves Confidently into Its Second Century, 1966-1992. https://contentdm.carleton.edu/digital/collection/Archives/id/1960
  • Format – digitized book
  • Rights – “We encourage the use these materials for research, teaching, and private study according to our Terms of Use, available at https://apps.carleton.edu/digitalcollections/about/terms/.” Owned by the Carleton College Library.
  • Privacy/ethics – No concerns with the information from the book we plan to use (about sculptures).

• Porter, David H, and Merrill E Jarchow. 1987. Carleton Remembered, 1909-1986. https://contentdm.carleton.edu/digital/collection/Archives/id/2837
  • Format – digitized book
  • Rights – “We encourage the use these materials for research, teaching, and private study according to our Terms of Use, available at https://apps.carleton.edu/digitalcollections/about/terms/.” Owned by the Carleton College Library.
  • Privacy/ethics – No concerns with the information from the book we plan to use (about sculptures).

• Stratton, Frederick E, and Merrill E Jarchow. 1982. Letters to Alice. http://contentdm.carleton.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/Archives/id/3079/rec/55
  • Format – digitized book
  • Rights – “We encourage the use these materials for research, teaching, and private study according to our Terms of Use, available at https://apps.carleton.edu/digitalcollections/about/terms/.” Owned by the Carleton College Library. 
  • Privacy/ethics – No concerns with the information from the book we plan to use (about sculptures).

• Headley, L. A., & Jarchow, M. E. (1966). Carleton; the First Century. Carleton College Carleton: The First Century (1966) by Leal A. Headley and Merrill E. Jarchow.
  • Format – digitized book
  • Rights – “We encourage the use these materials for research, teaching, and private study according to our Terms of Use, available at https://apps.carleton.edu/digitalcollections/about/terms/.” Owned by the Carleton College Library. 
  • Privacy/ethics – No concerns with the information from the book we plan to use (about sculptures).

• Leonard, D. L. (1904). The History of Carleton College : its Origin and Growth, Environment and Builders. Carleton College History of Carleton college : its origin and growth, environment and builders (1904) by Rev. Delavan L. Leonard
  • Format – digitized book
  • Rights – “We encourage the use these materials for research, teaching, and private study according to our Terms of Use, available at https://apps.carleton.edu/digitalcollections/about/terms/.” Owned by the Carleton College Library. 
  • Privacy/ethics – No concerns with the information from the book we plan to use (about sculptures).

• McGregor Dana, M. (1879). The history of the origin and growth of Carleton college, Northfield, Minn. Office of the Pioneer press co. The history of the origin and growth of Carleton college : Northfield, Minn (1879) by Rev. M. McG. Dana
  • Format – digitized book
  • Rights – “We encourage the use these materials for research, teaching, and private study according to our Terms of Use, available at https://apps.carleton.edu/digitalcollections/about/terms/.” Owned by the Carleton College Library. 
  • Privacy/ethics – No concerns with the information from the book we plan to use (about sculptures).

Fountain Sources

• Banks, N. (1967). Rotating Boliou Fountain: A Response to Carleton. The Carletonian, 8.file:///C:/Users/katti/Downloads/Carletonian%201967%20fountain.pdf 
  • Format – PDF of print newspaper article found in Carletonian Archives
  • Rights – This collection is open access, owned by Carleton College
  • Privacy/Ethics – No sensitive information on the page that needs to be removed.

• Art on Campus – Perlman Teaching Museum – Carleton College. (n.d.). Carleton College.Retrieved November 3, 2023, from https://www.carleton.edu/museum/collection/explore/campus/?gallery_image=65&gallery_index=1
  • Format: Webpage
  • Rights: “By patronizing the College’s website, visitors agree to use it in the spirit it was created, and thus refrain from engaging in unauthorized commercial activities or trade.”
  • Privacy/Ethics: No sensitive information on the page that needs to be removed.

• Fure-Slocum, C. (2012, May 3). Raymond “Jake” Jacobson – Farewells – Carleton College. Carleton College. Retrieved November 3, 2023, from https://www.carleton.edu/farewells/raymond-jake-jacobson/ 
  • Format: webpage: Office of the Chaplain Farewells, Posted in Faculty
  • Rights: Owned by Carleton College – Office of the Chaplain
  • Privacy: Depictions of Raymond Jacobson, not really sensitive information

Japanese Garden Sources

• University of Minnesota. (n.d.). Jo Ryo en Japanese garden. Jo Ryo En Japanese Garden | Public Gardens of Minnesota. https://mngardens.horticulture.umn.edu/jo-ryo-en-japanese-garden#:~:text=It%20was%20designed%20and%20built,their%20attitude%20towards%20the%20garden. 
  • Format: webpage
  • Rights: Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.
  • Privacy/Ethics: Entry for a public gardens in Minnesota; not sensitive information

• Carleton College. (2000). Japanese Garden at Carleton College Named One of 10 Best. Carleton College japanese garden honored. https://www.carleton.edu/campus/news/pr/japanesegarden.html 
  • Format: Online press release index
  • Rights: “By patronizing the College’s website, visitors agree to use it in the spirit it was created, and thus refrain from engaging in unauthorized commercial activities or trade.”
  • Privacy/Ethics: Doesn’t contain sensitive information/non public knowledge

• Garden, C. J. (n.d.). Carleton’s Japanese Garden – Carleton College. Carleton. https://www.carleton.edu/japanese-garden/ Format: Online press release index
  • Format: Webpage
  • Rights: “By patronizing the College’s website, visitors agree to use it in the spirit it was created, and thus refrain from engaging in unauthorized commercial activities or trade.”
  • Privacy/Ethics: Doesn’t contain sensitive information