Art in Public Places - Tacoma Community College

Trailblazing, by Walla Walla artist Brad Rude, was installed on the campus of Tacoma Community College in late August.

Trailblazing by Brad Rude.

Trailblazing, Brad Rude, 2008. Photo by the artist.

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The sculpture is a metaphor for the journey of life, depicting bronze animals laboring up, lording over, and coasting down carved granite boulders, several negotiating precariously placed bronze planks. As students make their way through campus they encounter this two-part sculpture, one grouping on either side of a walking path, and can imagine themselves equally involved with their daily journeys. The work is located between buildings 18 and 20, on the south side of the campus.