Summer 2005

"Richmond Works"
New Public Art in Richmond, California

Richmond Transit Village
Along Marina Way, West of the Richmond BART station

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
With sponsorship of the City of Richmond and its Art Commission, and under contract to the Olson company, developer of the Richmond Transit Village, sculptor Vickie Jo Sowell has provided a striking homage to this great California city's past, present, and future in the form of a 600+ foot fence along Marina Way. The piece consists of seven original designs, each presenting a different aspect of the City's history, culture, and aspirations rendered in 170 steel fence panels along the Transit Village's western border.

THE DESIGNS
		Richmond Makes It A 360 degree view of manufacturing in Richmond
		Richmond Refines It An homage to the continuing important role of the oil industry
		Richmond Grows Seeds from many shores yield a rich harvest
		Railroads and Riveters Melding the city’s role as a western terminus with its rich history as a shipbuilder
		Richmond Beat Soulful sources unite in rhythm and song
		Point Richmond A worker is silhouetted against this famous vista, with elements of a western sunset, tanker ships, the slope of the point descending to the bay
		Port of Richmond Dockworkers and cargo recall the heyday of a deepwater port