River Wall, (sculpture).

River Wall, (sculpture).

Borbas, Steve, designer.

Tubiolo, Sam, sculptor.

River Wall, (sculpture).

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Concrete, ceramic tile, metal.

Approx. 15 x 7 x 50 ft.

(At fountain head:) RIVER WALL 4-23-92/STUDENTS OF NMSD/GILBERT DELGADO SUPERINTENDENT/STEVE BORBAS DESIGNER/SAM TUBIOLO CERAMICIST/DAVID OLSON COORDINATOR/MAY MARTINEZ SUPERVISOR/JOE NINO FOREMAN/MAINTENANCE CREW (Near back, formally inscribed on a series of tiles set four wide and nine long:) MAKE THE EARTH BRIGHT/AND/THANKS/MERIDEL LOSEUR/I AM MAKING THE SACRED SMOKE/THAT ALL THE PEOPLE MAY BEHOLD IT/WE ARE PASSING WITH GREAT POWER/OVER THE PRAIRIE/THE LIGHT IS UPON OUR PEOPLE/MAKING THE EARTH BRIGHT/FEATHERS OF SAGE AND CEDAR/UPON OUR BREASTS/SHAKING ON WRISTS, ANKLES,/THE TAIL OF THE RED FOX LIGHTING US/WE ARE CRYING FOR A VISION/BEHOLD ME THAT MY PEOPLE MAY LIVE/OUR PEOPLE ARE GENEROUS/THIS IS OUR DAY/YOUR ANCESTORS HAVE ALL ARRIVED./THE PAST HAS ARRIVED/BEHOLD!/LISTEN!/ALL IS ESTABLISHED HERE/WE ARE RELATIVES/THIS PLANET EARTH/AND ALL UPON IT/TURNS INTO VIEW./THIS EARTH IS IN OUR HANDS/LET IT FLY, BIRD OF EARTH AND LIGHT/ALL THAT MOVES WILL REJOICE/HEY A HEY A HEY!/APPROACH IN YOUR BEST BUCKSKIN/THANKS, ALL THE PEOPLE ARE CRYING/AND THANKS, GRANDMOTHER OF THE CENTER/OF THE EARTH/THANKS! (Poem is repeated in tile along one side of the fountain wall in more free flowing text)

Fountain with water running through an angled metal "V"-shaped trough into a triangular concrete pool. A pink curved wall supports the trough, attached with a series of short metal posts. On the left face of the wall is a series of molded and gilded tiles roughly textured. At the back end of the wall, are closely spaced tiles imprinted with the title and words of a poem. On the right face of the wall the poem is repeated in a long series of tiles inscribed with word, images and design.

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe

New Mexico School for the Deaf, Cerillos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

A collaborative work with Tubiolo, Borbas and students of the New Mexico School for the Deaf. The students gilded and imprinted the ceramic tiles.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1993.

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