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The Call and the Challenge, (sculpture). Artist:  Spiering, Ken, sculptor. Balazs, Harold, 1928-2017, sculptor. Title:  The Call and the Challenge, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Sacred Heart Hospital Memorial Sculpture, (sculpture). Dates:  1986. Copyrighted 1986. Dedicated Oct. 10, 1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze, brick and concrete. Inscription:  (On Mother Joseph, proper right side of neck:) (copyright symbol) 1986 Spiering signed Description:  Three components comprise this installation: Mother Joseph, building a brick wall; a workman pushing a brick-filled wheelbarrow; and an L-shaped bench next to a wall. Both sides of the wall have bronze plaques attached. Mother Joseph wears the habit of the Order of Sisters of Providence, the sleeves of which are rolled up to the elbows, and a cross is around her neck. Her proper right hand holds a bronze bricklayer's trowel with which she is applying mortar to the wall. Her proper left hand holds a bronze brick. The workman with collar-length hair and mustache, wears a shirt with a turtleneck under it, belted pants, and boots. He is pushing a wheelbarrow containing bricks and a cinder block towards Mother Joseph. Subject:  Portrait female -- Mother Joseph -- Full length Occupation -- Religion -- Nun Occupation -- Religion -- Missionary Figure male -- Full length Architecture -- Detail -- Wall Object -- Tool -- Wagon Object -- Tool -- Trowel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Spokane Bench Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Spokane, Parks & Recreation, North 507 Howard Street, Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington 99201 Located Riverfront Park, Adjacent to Agriculture Trade Center, Convention Center & Opera House on South channel of Spokane River, Spokane, Washington Remarks:  Presented in recognition of the Centennial of Spokane's Sacred Heart Medical Center, the installation commemorates the Sisters of Providence, who founded Sacred Heart. The nun depicted, Mother Joseph, was the state's most famous nun and a leader in the Sisters of Providence. She came to Spokane in May 1886, and began building a hospital at approximately the site of this sculpture. The hospital opened its doors Jan. 15, 1887. Harold Balazs designed the bronze plaques for the installation. IAS files contain detailed dimensions and transcriptions of full text on installation, including the history of the hospital. IAS files also contain related articles from Heart Beat 24 (Oct. 1986): pg. 3-7; The Spokesman Review (Spokane, WA), July 6, 1986, pg. B1 and May 29, 1994, pg. F2. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS WA000071   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000071 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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