FOR the PeoPle hollander place where people can view it for free, often outside. Visitors to the Veterans Wall of Honor near Mat-Su Regional Medical Center sometimes spend hours in the presence of the wall. The wall draws hundreds of people for Memorial or Veterans Day. at least 19 Mat-Su schools, as well as Mat-Su College, publicly display artworks funded through a state program that sets aside 1 percent of construction costs to pay for art. Several public art installations pop up at correctional facilities — the totem in front of Palmer’s Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility, the abstract metal rendering of a motorcycle just past the gate at Palmer Correctional Facility. artistic pieces pop up in local libraries, too. and some of our public art honors the borough’s dog-mushing tradition — the pint-sized statue of Balto in front of Palmer’s museum and visitor center, the bust of Joe Redington Sr. at Wasilla’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race headquarters.
s Nicolene Jordan is known for her glass work.This design is on her kitchen table. (ROBERT DeBERRY/PEAK)
Jordan, creator of the interchange art, said she just happened to be in the right place at the right time when she was selected to design the artwork for such a major and visible project. a contractor spotted a photo slide of a moose she’d etched on a piece of glass for the alaska State Council on the arts the day a company representative dropped by to
Highway critters just one example
of Mat-Su public art scene
Jordan inside her Palmer work space.
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