East West Arbor, (sculpture).

East West Arbor, (sculpture).

Pinto, Jody, 1942- , sculptor.

Fabrication Specialties, fabricator.

Krog & Tegnell, landscape architect.

East West Arbor, (sculpture).

East/West Arbor and Gift Garden, (sculpture).

1989. Dedicated 1990.

Digital Reference:

Alaskan yellow cedar and woodbine on honeysuckle.

Each arbor: H. 9 ft. 2 in. x W. 8 ft. 8 in. x L. 22 ft.; Platform: 22 ft. square; Base: 9 ft. 2 in. x W. 8 ft. 8 in. x L. 22 ft.

Two wooden arbors on either side of a 22 foot square platform. Both arbors are planted with Tellman Honeysuckle. The platform between them is a symbolic threshing floor, which serves as a seating, performance and display area. Surrounding the arbor setting is a network of vine-like paths which connect entrance and exit of arbors, platform and park; and plantings indigenous to Spokane's sister cities: Julin City (China), Lubeck (West Germany), Makhuchkala (Soviet Union), Nishinomiya (Japan), and Limerick (Ireland).

The concept originates from the landscape, it inhabitants, its proximity to the International Trade Center and an agrarian history of trade and exploration. The arbors are representative of the first "agrarian house," an agrarian shed that is both passage and shelter. The trumpet shaped Asian-American hybrid honeysuckle flowers represent joy, abundance and generosity.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Spokane

Coadministered by Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Places Program, 110 9th & Columbia Bldg., Mail Stop GH-11, Olympia, Washington 98504 Accession Number: 88.050.000

Coadministered by City of Spokane, Arts Commission, 808 West Falls Boulevard, Spokane, Washington 99201-3333

Located Spokane International Agricultural Trade Center, River Walk, eastern end, Spokane, Washington

The percent for art funded piece was produced as part of a joint City of Spokane/State of Washington Arts Commission project for the Ag-Trade Center. IAS files contain artist's narrative and plans for the sculpture and news clipping from Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), May 29, 1994, pg. F8.

Nearby plaque reads: EAST-WEST ARBOR/JODY PINTO, ARTIST/1990/THE EAST-WEST ARBOR IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 'FIRST HOUSE', AN/AGRARIAN SHED THAT IS BOTH PASSAGE AND SHELTER. BOTH ARBORS/SUPPORT A TWINING VINE CALLED WOODBINE HONEYSUCKLE. ORIGINALLY/FROM WESTERN CHINA THIS VARIETY HAS BECOME NATIVE TO EUROPE/THUS EXPRESSING THE TIES BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. THE ARBORS ARE JOINED BY A PLATFORM WHICH IS AT ONCE FUNCTIONAL AND SYMBOLIC 'COMMON/GROUND'-THE THRESHING FLOOR./THE GIFT GARDEN IS BASED ON THE ANCIENT TRADITION OF SHARING ONES/CULTURE AND HOME WITH A GIFT OF A PLANT TO THE VISITOR. THE/GARDEN SYMBOLIZES THE BOND BETWEEN SPOKANE AND HER SISTER CITIES:/JILIN CITY, CHINA; LIMERICK, IRELAND, LUBECK, GERMANY, MAKHACH KALA, USSR; AND NISHINOMIYA, JAPAN./THE EAST-WEST ARBOR WAS CREATED AS THE ARTWORK FOR THE WASHINGTON STATES/INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE CENTER THROUGH THE 'PERCENT FOR ART' PROGRAMS OF THE SPOKANE ARTS COMMISSION AND THE WASHINGTON STATES ARTS COMMISSION./FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EAST-WEST ARBOR AND THE GIFT GARDENS, OR TO RESERVE/THIS SPACE FOR AN EVENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE SPOKANE CENTER OFFICE IN THE OPERA HOUSE.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.

Washington State Arts Commission, 1990.

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