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High Desert Kelp
High Desert Kelp
High Desert Kelp imaginatively simulates a shimmering underwater kelp forest contrasting with the muted earth tones typical of the high desert west of the United States. High Desert Kelp was installed from July, 2023 through the October, 2025 along Route 36 in Lyons, Colorado as a juried selection for the heARTS of Lyons Outdoor Art Collection, with support from the Lyons Community Foundation and the Town of Lyons.
High Desert Kelp is now featured in a private collection in Helena, Montana. Located on a busy residential street corner, High Desert Kelp furthers the visibility and accessibility of public art for citizens and visitors to Helena.
All Together Now
All Together Now
All Together Now was installed from September, 2021 through the fall of 2023 at the St. Vrain Market in Lyons, Colorado as a juried selection for the heARTS of Lyons Outdoor Collection, with support from the Lyons Community Foundation and the Town of Lyons. The Market's outdoor café seating provided an ideal vantage point as sunlight traversed the sculpture during the course of the day.
All Together Now is now part of a private collection in Castle Valley, Utah, where a backdrop of stunning buttes provides a fitting permanent setting.
See additional photos including moving and installing the sculpture in September, 2021.
Follow a walking tour of 25 sculptures in downtown Lyons, Colorado:
Lyons Public Art and the heARTS of LYONS, An Art Collection All Over Town
Four Dimensions
Four Dimensions
Four Dimensions was a grant-funded sculpture show touring to rural and urban sites in Dane County, Wisconsin in the summer and fall of 1980. The show featured works by Ila Kamper, Marian Vieux, and Rick Waltonsmith in addition to Corson-Rikert's Red Arcade..
Marian Vieux sculpture, "Raft," with Corson-Rikert's Red Arcade in background, Mazomanie WI
Corson-Rikert's "Red Arcade" (~108"h x 144"w x 72"d) with Rick Waltonsmith sculpture,
"Just Wildflowers," in background, Mazomanie WI
Ila Kamper sculpture, "Ground Cover," Madison WI
For a while
For a while
Sculptor Rick Waltonsmith and Corson-Rikert received a City of Madison art grant to gather found and surplus materials and assemble them on a triangle of land in downtown Madison, Wisconsin during the spring of 1979.
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