Daleene Menning

A ceramic artist who makes Art for Architecture

Daleene's most recent work, entitled:

The Ride:

involved designing and creating a 50 ft. x 4 ft. mural, made from nearly 1500 porcelain, handmade

relief tiles, with colored, fired clay surfaces, for the Central (bus) Station in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Statement of The Assignment:

“Create a work of art, using a bus transportation theme that enhances the

architecture of the building and welcomes patrons using overland and The Rapid buses.”

The artist chose to show scenes that can be seen while riding The Rapid buses to

illustrate the beauty of Grand Rapids, suggesting the bus routes with the blue street

line and representing the Grand River symbolically in the border.

Mural Left In Perspective

Mural Right In Perspective

Click on any bus below to see an enlargement of that section of the mural.

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Click on any of the images below to see her previous work by topic or ask questions.

Medicine	Environment	Science General	Miniature Installations	Post Modern	Questions?

Web design and photography by Curtis B. Menning