Art in Public Places - Columbia Basin College

Erratics by Rae Mahaffey was recently installed at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. The artwork is oil on wood panels and stretches for 52 feet down a hallway in the new Washington Institute for Science Education (WISE) building.

Erratics by Rae Mahaffey.

Erratics, Rae Mahaffey, 2008.

Photo by artist.

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Mahaffey's inspiration was guided by the school's geographic location, the committee's interest in global and far-ranging content, and the college's stated mission of diversity, fairness, and equity. The patterns are related to geology, botany, geometry, world crafts and the environment.