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    JOHN MAHER  

                                and the Running Fruit Ladders Large Scale Art Installations

This project is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon Arts Commission together with the National Endowment for the Arts                     along with the Wasco Co. Cultural Coalition and the Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers                                      

Fiscal Agent - Gorge Artists (non profit 501 (c)3 organization)

 

The Running Fruit Ladders project is 1/2 mile long                                                                               Artists'  Rendition

Large Art Celebrating Small Farms

in the Columbia River Gorge

See Links below for more about the Running Fruit Ladders Project and Partners

Major Donors

Oregon Arts Commission

Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers

Wasco Cultural Trust

The Gorge White House

Willis Orchard Company

Lage Orchards

Metro Recycled Paint

More on Running Fruit Ladders Project

 

Running Fruit ALdders Installation Hood River Oregon

   

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press clippings #1

press clippings #2

press clippings #3

Links to web press 

Links to Partners

Gorge Artists

The Dalles Art Center

Discovery Center 

OSALT   Hood River Residents Committee   Maryhill Museum of Art 

             Volunteers Rock!

                                    Some of the many volunteers who made the project happen!    

                         

   Thank You Volunteers !!!

            

      Jean Vercello applying paint primer with broom

 

 

 About the Artist  

John has worked in commercial and fine art for over 30 years. 

He has worked for clients like National Geographic, The New York Times, Oregon Magazine,

In Focus Systems, Adidas, and many others.

 

His latest work involves large scale art installations of multi-colored fruit ladders along major highways in the Northwest to celebrate small family farms.

 

 

 

 

         

                                                   








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