Fondren Patrol Station
Artist: Tara Conley (Houston, TX)
Title: TBD
Estimated Completion Date: Fall 2011
Funding Source: Percent for Art – City of Houston, General Services Department
Location: 8605 Westplace Drive
Council District C
In winter 2010 Tara Conley was selected through an invitational, competitive process to create an artistic treatment for the new Fondren Patrol Station. Conley works in fiber, metal (cast and fabricated) and fiberglass, often mixing materials and processes in unexpected ways. Her sculptures hug the ground, hang from the ceiling and extend from the wall. Conley, who produces a collection of cast bronze phrases in curvilinear script, is fabricating a series of designs for Fondren Station that will convey community cooperation, personal excellence, service and honor.
Tara Conley forms waxes which are then cast in bronze to create her phrase series. Photo courtesy of Thedra Cullar-Ledford.
Captain Steven Spears, Tara Conley, Officer Wanda Martin, Chief Kirk Munden and Sergeant Stephen Hanner at Conley's solo exhibition at Laura Rathe Fine Art. Photo courtesy of HAA.
Tara Conley explains the concepts and processes behind her artwork to Captain Steven Spears and Chief Kirk Munden. Photo courtesy of HAA.
Rendering of the new Fondren Patrol Station. Image courtesy of Roth Sheppard Architects.