Kent
Williams
consulting for the human environment
Specializing in the synthesis of art, architecture and engineering; Kent engages
professionals and community toward creative solutions in the built environment;
responsive to aesthetics, education, context, and culture.
Kent is a fine artist with professional experience as artist and architect.
He is accustomed to interdisciplinary collaboration, and successfully engages
the appropriate talent of artists, architects, engineers, and bureaucrats to
realize and effectively integrate art into architecture, infrastructure and
landscape.
SERVICES:
program development
establishment of project objectives and evaluation criteria
schematic design/research
team building/selection of artist(s)
presentation media (sketches, stills, and animation)
budget development
design development
construction documents and specifications
construction/fabrication oversight
SELECT PROJECTS:
Water Center (Herman Hill Park Environmental Education Center) + Wichita
KS + 2004
engineer: Camp Dresser and McKee
architect: Greg Tice, Gossen Livingston and Associates
landscape arch: Gossen Livingston and Associates
project artists: Albert Goldbarth/Greg Tice
budget: 5,000,000 (total project)
status: completed
services : consultation regarding conceptual design and design development
(for architect, Tice), fabrication resourcing, selection of project poet Albert
Goldbarth, public art concept development, bereaucracy filtering (between artist(s)
and committees, when appropriate), construction observation.
Garvey Park Improvements + Wichita KS + 2003 to present
landscape arch: McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry, Steve Perry
engineer: Professional Engineering Consultants
architect: McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry
project artist: Kent Williams
budget: 250,000 (total project)
status: under construction
services: consulting on schematic design and development of public restroom
building (form and materials), and development of art component--stylized support
columns.
Fisch Haus Studios Gallery and Performance Space + Wichita KS + 2002
engineer: Eric Schmidt
artists: Fisch Haus Artists collaboration (visit www.fischhaus.com)
budget: withheld
status: completed
services: consultation with design, technical drawings and fabrication of custom
steel stair and parabolic amphitheater.
Water Treatment Facility Expansion/Remodel + Salina KS + 2002 to
present
engineering: Wilson and Company, Martha Tasker
architecture: Wilson and Company, Jon Plumer
landscape arch: City of Salina
artist: Kent Williams
budget: 200,000
status: phase one complete, phase two awaiting approval
services: consulting to determine campus improvement/public art opportunities,
schematic design, presentation of recommendation to city council, design development,
budget development, construction coordination. Lighting design coordination.
Seneca Streetscape Improvements and Entrance Towers + Wichita KS + 2000
civil engineer: Mid Kansas Engineering, Ken Bengston
landscape arch: Gossen Livingston and Associates, Tom Montgomery
artists: Ray Treinan, research mathematician/Kent Williams
budget: 225,000
status: awaiting funding
services: consultation with project team including program development, resurrection
of elements from city master plan (i.e. addition of landscaped median to roadway
project), schematic and design development, approval of traffic and safety
engineering and neighborhood groups, construction documents and related specifications.
Collaboration with artist Ray Treinan utilizing system of measure common to
ancient sites in Africa and Central America. Lighting design coordination.
Animal Shelter Pediment Relief Sculpture + Salina KS + March 2000
architect: Warren Ediger Architects, Warren Ediger
artist: Connie Morland
studio facilities: Endicott Clay Products Co.
budget: 35,000
status: operational
services: establishment of project objectives and criteria, selection of artist
and related coordination.
North Broadway Avenue Streetscape Improvements + Wichita KS + April
1998
engineer: Booker and Associates, Kirk Miller
landscape arch: McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry, Steve Perry
consultant: Kent Williams
artist: Tracy Holdeman
budget: 20,000
status: complete
services: establishment of project objectives and criteria, design development,
selection of artist and related coordination, installation oversight.
Fire Station No. 18 Art Glass + Wichita KS + February 1998
architect: McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry, Mark McCluggage
landscape arch: McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry, Steve Perry
lighting engineer: Professional Engineering Consultants, David Garza
artist/fab: Dale Johnson
budget: 20,000
status: complete
services: establishment of project objectives and criteria, design development,
selection of artist and related coordination, installation oversight.
Big
Arkansas River pedestrian Bridge and NW Transmission Line + Wichita
KS + 1998
engineer: Professional Engineering Consultants, Richard Schlitt, structural
engineer
lighting : Professional Engineering Consultants, David Garza
landscape arch: McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry, Steve Perry
artist: Kent Williams
fabricator: Wildcat Construction
budget: 1,400,000 (total project)
status: complete
services: consulting for schematic design and bridge layout design, sculptural
pier design, railing design, coordination with bronze and steel and concrete
fabricators.(continued) page 3
EXHIBITS
select solo:
12 years: a morning pageant + Wichita KS + Fisch Haus Studios + July 2004
to Delve + Fisch Haus Studios + Wichita KS + February 2004
An Echo Park Still Life + Sony Studios + Los Angeles CA + August 2001
Grubby Sensual Machines + Trish Higgins Fine Art + Wichita KS + June 2000
Eleven Miles of Graphite Line + Trish Higgins Fine Art + Wichita KS + January
2000
A Story of Fire, as Told by the Candle + Wichita KS + December 1999
Visual Record of a Noisy Planet + Ottomans + Wichita KS + July 1999
Seven and a Half New Works + Riverside Perk Café + Wichita KS + March
1998
Four Corners + Wichita Center for the Arts + Wichita KS + July 1998
Born of a Square Room + Friends University + Wichita KS + June 1998
Monotypes and Othertypes + Wyatt Gallery + SF CA + July 1997
Over the Bridge + Zonal + SF CA + September 1996
Art for Pie and Coffee + Riverside Perk Café + Wichita KS + March
1996
Found Pieces, Kept Parts + Friends University + Wichita KS + February 1996
select group:
Four for Four + Geo. Kayes + Oakland CA + August 2001
Denimart + Los Angeles CA + February 2000
Warp and Weft + Los Angeles CA + August 1999
Trish Higgins Fine Art + Wichita KS + July 1999
Zonal Two + Zonal on Polk + SF CA + July 1999
Black Velvet Elvis + City Arts + Wichita KS + March 1999
Outside Ourselves + Acme Gallery + Wichita KS + February 1999
Director’s Show + City Arts + Wichita KS + November 1998
Brown’s Winter Video Screening + Wichita KS + February 1998
Hays Valley Summer Fair + Lawrence Hulteburg Gallery + SF CA + June 1997
Kansas Currents + Wichita Art Museum + September 1996
New Work + with Bob Bruman + Bison Brewery + Berkeley CA + July 1996
Dumb Words + Watermark Books + Wichita KS + December 1992
The Wichita Art Walk + open studios + Wichita KS + October 1991
The Art of Life + auction benefiting AIDS research + Wichita KS + July 1991
A New World Odor + Bison Brewery + Berkeley CA + March 1991
“ Shit! I Broke My Neck” + with Bruman and Hogan + Berkeley CA +
December 1990
A Celebration of the Americas? + Squiggle Gallery + SF CA + September 1990
East Bay Open Studios + with Bruman and Schmidt + Berkeley CA + July 1990
at Fisch Haus studios + Wichita KS:
Salt to Taste + October 1997
Improper Laundry + October 1996
“Calls? OK, bye.” + October 1995
Fisch Schmisch + October 1994
When Ponds Freeze Too Quickly + November 1993
Still Fisch + October 1992
Kleiner Fisch + March 1992 + Wichita Community Theater
Kitsch Fisch + July 1991 + Wichita Center for the Arts
Kalt Fisch + December 1999 (continued) page 4professional, community, and
academic
EXPERIENCE and COMMUNITY SERVICE
Sculpture in Public Schools Project
artist in residence,
augmenting 5th graders 3D art curriculum
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita State University, outdoor sculpture committee
Knob New Music Festival
a musical extravaganza featuring local and international
artists, founding member
Tallgrass Film Festival
programming committee member
Fisch Haus Studios
supporting visual and performance arts since 1993,
founding member (www.fischhaus.com)
Wichita Design Council -- community projects review
Architect / Project Coordinator
McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry, 1990-
1995, PepsiCo, Pizza Hut Inc., 1989-1990
Bachelors of Architecture / Interior Architecture
Kansas State University,
1989, academic honors
Self Directed Study
University of Hannover, Germany, Department of Architecture,
1987
REFERENCES
(additional upon request):
Jeff Van Sickle
president and CEO
McCluggage Van Sickle and Perry
316-262-0451
Martha Rhea
ex officio director
Salina Arts and Humanities Commission
785-825-9320
Albert Goldbarth
professor of literature
Wichita State University
316-683-6191
Philip Baumer
director of design
Clotia Wood and Metal Works
316-263-9722additional information
www.yellowmirth.com
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