Photos: SunDome artwork - then and now
- Yakima Herald-Republic
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The "Circle of Light" artwork on the SunDome in Yakima took Ellensburg artist Richard C. "Dick" Elliott six weeks to complete in 1992.
The artwork includes 24 sections of distinctive designs, several inspired by patterns on traditional Yakama baskets. Elliott's artwork is part of the state art collection managed by ArtsWA, the Washington State Arts Commission.
The agency is evaluating "Circle of Light" in the first phase of an effort to repair it.
A blue reflector falls from the SunDome’s “Circle of Light” art as Jennifer Pont, an architectural conservator with Architectural Resources Group, taps individual reflectors Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Yakima, Wash. The evaluation is the first phase in an effort to repair the artwork with the Washington State Arts Commission, or ArtsWA.
- Amanda Ray / Yakima Herald-Republic
Jennifer Pont, right, and Mayank Patel, architectural conservators with Architectural Resources Group, evaluate the “Circle of Light” artwork by tapping each reflector with a wooden dowel Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, atop the SunDome in Yakima, Wash. The artwork was originally installed by Ellensburg artist Dick Elliott.
- Amanda Ray / Yakima Herald-Republic
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In this image taken in 1992, Ellensburg artist Dick Elliott intricately arranges bicycle reflectors atop the Yakima SunDome.
- Yakima Herald-Republic file
In this image taken in 1992, Ellensburg artist Dick Elliott intricately arranges bicycle reflectors atop the Yakima SunDome.
- Yakima Herald-Republic file
In this image taken in 1992, Ellensburg artist Dick Elliott intricately arranges bicycle reflectors atop the Yakima SunDome.
- Yakima Herald-Republic file
Mayank Patel, an architectural conservator with Architectural Resources Group, collects a loose teal reflector from the SunDome’s “Circle of Light” Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Yakima, Wash.
- Amanda Ray / Yakima Herald-Republic
A blue reflector falls from the SunDome’s “Circle of Light” art as Jennifer Pont, an architectural conservator with Architectural Resources Group, taps individual reflectors Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Yakima, Wash. The evaluation is the first phase in an effort to repair the artwork with the Washington State Arts Commission, or ArtsWA.
- Amanda Ray / Yakima Herald-Republic
Jennifer Pont, right, and Mayank Patel, architectural conservators with Architectural Resources Group, evaluate the “Circle of Light” artwork by tapping each reflector with a wooden dowel Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, atop the SunDome in Yakima, Wash. The artwork was originally installed by Ellensburg artist Dick Elliott.
- Amanda Ray / Yakima Herald-Republic
Jane Orleman, Dick Elliott’s widow and a longtime artist herself, watches as architectural conservators begin the restoration process on the SunDome’s “Circle of Light” Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Yakima, Wash.
- Amanda Ray / Yakima Herald-Republic
Jennifer Pont, an architectural conservator with Architectural Resources Group, pulls a loose reflector from the SunDome’s “Circle of Light” Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Yakima, Wash.
- Amanda Ray / Yakima Herald-Republic
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