The Confluence Project is a series of outdoor installations and interpretive artworks located in public parks along the Columbia River and its tributaries in the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. Each art installation explores the confluence of history, culture and ecology of the Columbia River system. The project draws on the region's history, including Native American traditional stories and entries from the Lewis and Clark Expedition journals, to "evoke a landscape and a way of life submerged in time and memory." The project reaches from the mouth of the Columbia River to Hells Canyon.
Artist Maya Lin designed installations that followed the path of Lewis and Clark through the Columbia River Basin. Lin collaborated with landscape architects, such as Johnpaul Jones, to produce earthen works that helped restore natural environments. Each artwork was based on traditions grounded in Native American cultures and drew text from Lewis and Clark's journals.
Confluence is a community supported nonprofit 501(C)(3) based in Vancouver, Washington, incorporated in 2002. The mission is to connect people to the history, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices.
May 20 2021Sites
Washington
- Cape Disappointment State Park, Ilwaco, Washington5 (completed 2005, dedicated 2006)
- Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Vancouver, Washington (in planning stages)
- Vancouver Land Bridge at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, Washington6 (completed in 2008)
- Sacajawea State Park, Pasco, Washington7 (completed in 2010)
- Chief Timothy Park, Clarkston, Washington8 (scheduled for completion in Spring 2015)
Oregon
- Sandy River Delta Bird Blind9 (completed in 2008)
- Celilo Falls (scheduled for completion in 2016)10
External links
- Confluence Project
- "A Meeting Of Minds". The Seattle Times. June 12, 2005. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved September 7, 2006.
- "Maya Lin advances Confluence Project". The Oregonian. April 1, 2004. Retrieved September 7, 2006.
References
Cipolle, Alex V. (May 20, 2021). "Along the Columbia River, Making a Monument of the Land". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts/maya-lin-tribal-monuments-pacific-northwest.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage ↩
Raymond, Camela (November 2007). "The Shape of Memory". Portland Monthly. ↩
"Event Calendar". Archived from the original on November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141124224428/http://www.pdxcityclub.org/calendar_day.asp?date=11%2F21%2F2014&event=209 ↩
Cipolle, Alex V. (May 20, 2021). "Along the Columbia River, Making a Monument of the Land". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts/maya-lin-tribal-monuments-pacific-northwest.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage ↩
"Cape Disappointment State Park". Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101206125721/http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Cape%20Disappointment&subject=all ↩
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/fova/index.htm ↩
Sacajawea State Park Archived 2006-09-07 at the Wayback Machine http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Sacajawea ↩
Confluence Project: project sites https://archive.today/20091009142703/http://www.confluenceproject.org/project_sites/?PHPSESSID=ce4b4a8a48403db5ef8bd94adf56a975 ↩
Confluence Project: project sites: Sandy River Delta https://archive.today/20091009142814/http://www.confluenceproject.org/project_sites/sandy_river_delta/?PHPSESSID=ce4b4a8a48403db5ef8bd94adf56a975 ↩
Fogarty, Colin (March 14, 2014). "Art Installation Will Recall Silenced Celilo Falls". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 14, 2014. http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/03/art_installation_will_recall_s.html ↩