The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

This sculpture, titled The Navigators, incorporates a lookout tower, mule deer buck, coyote, and a great horned owl. All four of these are very common in the Inland Northwest. I want people to see something familiar that can then help lead to a personal experience or connection with the art work. The arrangement of th...ese familiar animals on the tower is not so common at all, and this is where the story telling begins. By putting multiple characters together, many imaginative ideas appear that may help lead us to find our own story as we ponder what is going on with these animals that are cooperating with each other. What has brought them together? What are they doing? In the real world, you wouldn’t see this kind of friendly dialog. There is much room for interesting and intelligent concepts to emerge. Art enables us to go to a place we haven’t been before. I work with animal imagery because they are so different from each other, allowing for make believe roles evolve as they share space together. These three animals are individuals with their own identities, personalities, and agendas. Humans are the same in this respect. We can view this sculpture as three capable animals on a big adventure, and/or we can see ourselves through them and go for the ride. My idea is to create a piece of art that is timeless, positive, and can be appreciated by a large and diverse group of people, both in the present and future.

—Brad Rude
Walla Walla, Washington
Summer 2009
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This sculpture, titled The Navigators, incorporates a lookout tower, mule deer buck, coyote, and a great horned owl. All four of these are very common in the Inland Northwest. I want people to see something familiar that can then help lead to a personal experience or connection with the art work. The arrangement of th...ese familiar animals on the tower is not so common at all, and this is where the story telling begins. By putting multiple characters together, many imaginative ideas appear that may help lead us to find our own story as we ponder what is going on with these animals that are cooperating with each other. What has brought them together? What are they doing? In the real world, you wouldn’t see this kind of friendly dialog. There is much room for interesting and intelligent concepts to emerge. Art enables us to go to a place we haven’t been before. I work with animal imagery because they are so different from each other, allowing for make believe roles evolve as they share space together. These three animals are individuals with their own identities, personalities, and agendas. Humans are the same in this respect. We can view this sculpture as three capable animals on a big adventure, and/or we can see ourselves through them and go for the ride. My idea is to create a piece of art that is timeless, positive, and can be appreciated by a large and diverse group of people, both in the present and future.

—Brad Rude
Walla Walla, Washington
Summer 2009
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We are! Brade Rude that is! Thanks to a significant gift from Scott and Betty Lukins, the MAC will be unveiling a large-scale Brad Rude bronze and wood sculpture on the museum’s grounds on Thursday October 22nd 4-6pm. Come help us celebrate Scott, Betty Brad, and this amazing new addition to our campus!

For more inform...ation please visit: http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index.cfm/Calendar.htm#.

For more information on Brad Rude please visit:
http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index.cfm/Exhibits_Collections_Brad_Rude_Days_Together.htm#


Hope to see you there!

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