{"220661":{"#nid":"220661","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Portal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECorten steel, 2005\u003Cbr \/\u003E11.7\u0027 H x 3.25\u0027 D x 4.3\u0027 W\u003Cbr \/\u003ELocation: Van Leer\/Tech Green North \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArtist: Albert Paley\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArtist Bio:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Paley, an active artist for over 40 years at his studio in Rochester, New York, is the first metal sculptor to receive the coveted Institute Honors awarded by the American Institute of Architects, the AIA\u2019s highest award to a non-architect.\u0026nbsp; Paley, Distinguished Professor, holds an Endowed Chair at the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology.\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBroadly published and an international lecturer, Paley received both his BFA and MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia.\u0026nbsp;He received honorary doctorates from the University of Rochester in 1989, the State University of New York at Brockport in 1996, \u0026nbsp;St. Lawrence University, in Canton, New York in 1997, and the University of Gothenburg, in Sweden in 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommissioned by both public institutions and private corporations, Paley has completed more than 50 site-specific works. Some notable examples are the Portal Gates for the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, Synergy, a ceremonial archway in Philadelphia, the Portal Gates for the New York State Senate Chambers in Albany, Sentinel, a monumental plaza sculpture for Rochester Institute of Technology, as well as a 65-foot sculpture for the entry court of Bausch and Lomb\u2019s headquarters in Rochester, NY. Recently completed works include three sculptures for the National Harbor development near Washington DC, a 130\u2019 long archway named \u003Cem\u003EAnimals Always\u003C\/em\u003E for the St. Louis Zoo, a gate for the Cleveland Botanical Gardens in Cleveland, OH, a sculptural relief for Wellington Place, Toronto, Canada, Threshold, a sculpture for the Corporate Headquarters of Klein Steel, Rochester, NY, and \u003Cem\u003ETransformation\u003C\/em\u003E, a ceremonial entranceway for Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPieces by Albert Paley can be found in the permanent collections of many major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.albertpaley.com\/sculpture.asp\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EArtist Website\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27652","created_gmt":"2013-07-03 14:58:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:30","author":"Jenna Farmer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"222301":{"id":"222301","type":"image","title":"Portal Install","body":null,"created":"1449243516","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:38:36","changed":"1475894891","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:11","alt":"Portal Install","file":{"fid":"197312","name":"9247294173_09ca9f037c_h.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/9247294173_09ca9f037c_h_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/9247294173_09ca9f037c_h_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":893362,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/9247294173_09ca9f037c_h_0.jpg?itok=_Cp47AxO"}},"222311":{"id":"222311","type":"image","title":"Portal 1","body":null,"created":"1449243516","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:38:36","changed":"1475894891","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:11","alt":"Portal 1","file":{"fid":"197313","name":"dsc_1462.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_1462_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_1462_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3076215,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc_1462_0.jpg?itok=6XfnxmRt"}}},"media_ids":["222301","222311"],"groups":[{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"42921","name":"Exhibitions"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJenna Farmer \u003Cbr \/\u003EMarketing Specialist\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Office of the Arts \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jenna.farmer@arts.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejenna.farmer@arts.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 385-4219 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jenna.farmer@arts.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}