“Steven Weitzman”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

In addition to these mediums, Steven invented a process that allows him to 'paint' with a cast-concrete like poured mosaic using a material called FOTERA Full Color Structural Concrete^[7] that allows him to create murals that can be incorporated in any construction project.^[8]

Steven Weitzman began as a graphic artist and painter. In 1998 he founded Creative Design Resolutions, Inc. (CDR)^[9] to address the aesthetic needs of highway infrastructure as his work expanded to projects of larger scale. Shortly after, he established Creative Form Liners, Inc. (CFL)^[10] as the leading fabricator of custom form liners and FOTERA full color structural concrete and resinous terrazzo.

In 2003, Steven Weitzman was commissioned to design the Aesthetic Master Plan of the 11-mile interstate I-40 corridor starting from Oklahoma City, which includes numerous bridges and thousands of square feet of retaining walls, as well as the Aesthetic Master Plan for the I-35/I-240 interchange. In 2006, Steven Weitzman and CDR designed and fabricated the aesthetics for an eight-mile corridor on I-35, which includes multiple bridges in Norman, Oklahoma^[23] for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Over the last 20 years, CDR has collaborated with numerous communities around the country and nearly a third of all the Departments of Transportation in the country to develop themes that contextually best represent that city/state's history, culture, natural environment, and aspirations. Together, these projects will include 46 retaining walls and ramps ranging from 200 to 4000 running feet. A total of 25 new bridges will be built, along with 3 bridges to be renovated, all designed in collaboration with the community.

Steven Weitzman has received extensive coverage in regional and national press through over 90 interviews, articles, reviews and awards.

One bridge in particular, designed in Arizona and called “La Cholla”, received 5 awards within six months of its completion.^[11]

Steven Weitzman has also been known for the infrastructure aesthetic designs on US 54 in Wichita, Kansas that has become one of the nation’s best and most frequently cited examples of the successful incorporation of public art onto a Highway corridor.^[12]

Weitzman is also known for creating a heroic-sized bronze sculpture of former civil rights leader, Mayor Marion S. Barry, which was installed and dedicated in Washington D.C. outside of the John A. Wilson building on Pennsylvania Ave. This project quickly attracted national attention and coverage.^[13]

On June 19, 2013, Weitzman's sculpture representing Washington, DC of Frederick Douglass, a leader of the abolitionist movement,^[14] was dedicated for permanent display in Emancipation Hall^[15] in the United States Capitol building.^[16]^[17] At the ceremony unveiling, Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner took the opportunity to pay tribute to 19th-century abolitionist and to renew the call for equal voting rights for people who live in the nation's capital.^[18] Most recently, Steven Weitzman was a finalist for the 2019 Willa Cather Statue to represent Nebraska in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall in Washington D.C.

Another example of his public artwork is a gigantic map of Colorado incorporated into the floor of the Great Hall and on display in the central atrium of the History Colorado Center museum.^[19] He created 234 separate terrazzo paintings, each laid side-by-side to create a 2,183 sq. ft. topographical map^[20] as seen from approximately four hundred miles in space. This installation also includes numerous RFID (radio frequency identification) tags that when discovered, reveal historical information about each location on the map.

A feature article was published in the spring 2015 issue of Aspire magazine about Creative Design Resolutions.Inc., (CDR)^[21] a company owned and managed by Steven Weitzman. This article takes an in-depth look at bridge design and the implementation of bridge and highway aesthetics in the master planning stages stages along the I-35 corridor in Norman, Oklahoma. It also describes the importance of community involvement and their role as one of the stake holders in these highway projects, as well as their influence in the design process.^[22]

Press coverage

Weitzman and CDR have received extensive coverage in the regional and national press through more than 80 interviews, articles, and reviews. Highlights include the following:

Awards and recognition

References

1. ^http://www.weitzmanstudios.com/
2. ^{{cite book|author=Judy Colbert|title=Maryland and Delaware|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lYny4tkhFgkC&pg=PA154|year=2007|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|isbn=978-0-7627-4418-3|pages=154–}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Arbor Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6fMoAQAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Arbor Age}}
4. ^"Steven Weitzman – artist as entrepreneur". cassone-art.com.
5. ^{{cite book|author=Lawrence J. King|title=What the Hell Were You Thinking?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUZPROz1SfIC&pg=PA98|date=25 September 2010|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=978-1-4535-6069-3|pages=98–}}
6. ^Government news letter "Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs
7. ^http://creativeformliners.com/fotera-concrete
8. ^{{cite web|last1=Staehle|first1=Lauren|title=Top 10 List of the Most Interesting People – Steven Weitzman: A lifetime of celebrating Washington, D.C. on canvas|url=http://www.dcspotlight.com/featured/top-10-list-of-the-most-interesting-people-steven-weitzman-a-lifetime-of-celebrating-washington-d-c-on-canvas/|website=www.dcspotlight.com|publisher=The DC Spotlight Newspaper|accessdate=December 1, 2013}}
9. ^http://www.creativedesignresolutions.com/
10. ^http://creativeformliners.com/
11. ^https://www.webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=202341
12. ^"Kellogg Avenue U.S. 54 Freeway Improvement project"http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_Appx_B2_Natl_Ex_Urban_Freeway_1-3_Kellogg_Ave_US-54_Fwy_160198_7.pdf
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/after-dc-chose-a-white-artist-for-marion-barrys-statue-an-unlikely-friendship-was-forged/2018/02/01/553a582c-05ca-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.html|title=What happened when D.C. chose a white artist to create the official Marion Barry statue|last=Roberts|first=Roxanne|date=2018-02-01|work=Washington Post|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}
14. ^{{cite book|author=Ana Lucia Araujo|title=Shadows of the Slave Past: Memory, Heritage, and Slavery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRMWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA126|date=7 August 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-01197-0|pages=126–}}
15. ^"Frederick Douglass | Architect of the Capitol | United States Capitol". aoc.gov.
16. ^{{cite news|last=Dick|first=Jason|title=Frederick Douglass Statue Set for Capitol Unveiling|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/frederick_douglass_statue_set_for_capitol_unveiling-225067-1.html|accessdate=18 June 2013|newspaper=ROLL CALL|date=22 May 2013}}
17. ^"Sculptor's Bronze of Douglass Finds a Permanent Home". washingtoninformer.com.
18. ^"Valerie Bonk Associated Press" http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_23490855/capitols-frederick-douglass-statue-be-unveiled
19. ^ [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/28/arts/design/history-colorado-center-opens-in-denver.html?_r=1& "History Colorado Center A State Looks at Itself in a New Mirror History Colorado Center Opened in Denver"]. New York Times By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN April 27, 2012
20. ^ history of colorado center
21. ^http://www.creativedesignresolutions.com/
22. ^"Aesthetic Master Planning more than pretty bridges"http://www.aspiremagazinebyengineers.com/i/485551-spring-2015