TOM ASKMAN
Public Art in AmericA

Eastern Washington University
140 Art Building
Cheney, Washington 99004-2401
(509)-953-6225
tom@tomaskman.com
taskman@ewu.edu

Slides:

"Tacoma Tug "
"River of Knowledge": Lynnwood Library
Ballard Bridge
"Espiral":  Anchorage, AK
"Riverside", Chatteroy HS
"Velocity", Spokane Fire Station
"Synectic Falls"
"Reach"
Public Art Commissions
Collections







PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS 
 
*with Lea Anne Lake
 
2005        
*Commission: City of Toledo, Ohio. Wallbridge Park

2004 
Faculty Research Grant, Magnetic sculptures,
              Eastern Washington  Univ. ($10,000)
2003 
*Commission: Clover Park Technical College,
            Lakewood, Washington “Tug.”
2002  
Commission: Plano Light Rail Station,
               Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, Texas.
2001   
*Commission: 5 Fire Stations, 1 Library, Wichita, Kansas.
            *Commission: Parking Structure, Campbell, California.
2000
 
*Commission: Seattle Arts Commission, "Ballard Gateway,"
Ballard, Washington.

*Commission: Taffy III & The San Diego Port Authority, Bob Hope Tribute, San Diego, California.
*Commission: Turnagain Elementary School, Anchorage, Alaska- “Espiral.”
                                                                                                                                                                       
1999
*Commission: Bullard Havens Vocational School, Hartford, Connecticut.
*Commission: Lynnwood Library  "River of Knowledge", Lynnwood, Washington.
Commission: Paint Me a Poem, A Canvas of Words, Seattle, Washington.
 
1998
Commission: High School, Battleground, Washington.
Commission: "Synectic Falls", Exterior sculpture with interactive water feature, City Hall, Laguna Beach, California.
 
1997
*Commission: United States Courthouse, Albany, Georgia.
 
1996
13,000 mile, 30 state research trip on public art in America.
*Commission: Camino Real Project, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
*Commission: Raccoon River Regional Park, West Des Moines, Iowa.
 
1995
Commission: Riverside High School, Chattaroy, WA
 
1994
Commission: Arctic Light Elementary School, Fairbanks, Alaska.
 
1992
Commission: Senior Center Plaza, Everett, Washington.
Commission: Columbia River Correctional Institution, Portland, Oregon.
Commission: Corrections Facility, Airway Heights, Washington.
Commission: Fire Station, Orlando, Florida.
 
1991
Commission: Site specific sculpture, "Velocity", Fire Station, Spokane, Washington.
 
1990
Commission: Site specific sculpture, Nutrition Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
 
1989
Design Award: Seattle Design Commission, Fire Stations Project, Seattle, Washington.
Commission: Washington Centennial Monument.
 
1988
Commission: Relief sculpture, Portland Building, Portland, Oregon.
Commission Grant: Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington.
 
1986-87
Design Team Artist: Art/Architecture collaboration, Fourteen Fire Stations Project, Seattle, Washington.
 
1979
Commission: Neon Sculpture, Spokane Falls community College, Spokane, Washington.
Commission: Mural, Ft. Stillicomb Community College, Washington.
 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: “Extraordinary Realities” show 1974
 
 
COLLECTIONS          
 
City of Seattle, Washington.
Cheney Cowles Art Museum, Spokane, Washington.
Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky.
Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
Harbor View Medical Center, City of Seattle, King County, Washington.
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Museum of Art, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Gallery of Art, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington.