Artwork copyright Kathy Fridstein. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Totem, 1987
Kathy Fridstein
(American, born 1953)
Location: David Wolfle Elementary, Kingston
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Totem is part of a series of pastel drawings of invented pictographic images by artist Kathy Fridstein. She is trying to "create a language of emotions and ideas." This piece references symbols found in ancient myths and folklore, and symbolizes birth, life, family, and a safe home.
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with North Kitsap School District.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Photographer Kathy Fridstein creates compositions that explore the gesture and meaning of graffiti, petroglyphs, and other symbolic forms and methods of pictorial communication.
Fridstein received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Beloit College in Wisconsin in 1976. She served as a teaching artist for Seattle's Art in the Public Schools Program and a photography instructor for the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.
ARTWORK DETAILS
| Material Category | Work on paper - drawing |
| Medium | Pastel on paper |
| Dimensions | 42 in x 10 1/2 in |
| ID Number | WSAC1990.268.000 |
| Acquisition Method | Direct purchase |
| Artist Location | Washington, United States |
Location Information
| Agency | North Kitsap School District |
| Artwork Location | David Wolfle Elementary Library, Near periodicals room |
| WA County | Kitsap |
| Placement | Interior |
| Site Type | Public School |
| Address | 27089 Highland RD NE Kingston, WA 98346 |
| Geo. Coordinates | 47.807628, -122.553054 |
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