Artist Maya Lin will be a featured speaker Friday when the Vancouver-based Confluence Project’s fourth art installation is dedicated in Pasco.
The dedication of seven stone “Story Circles” is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Sacajawea State Park, where the Columbia and Snake rivers meet.
Each basalt circle has a theme that reflects regional tribal cultures. They include images of salmon, trade goods and native beliefs that have been sandblasted in to the stone.
Lin burst into prominence with her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The Confluence Project jointly commemorates the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Northwest tribes the explorers met along the Columbia River Basin more than two centuries ago.
The first three installations were the Vancouver Land Bridge, at the Fort Vancouver National Site; the “Fish-Cleaning Table” at Cape Disappointment State Park, where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean near Ilwaco; and the “Bird Blind” at the Sandy River Delta, near Troutdale, Ore.
Three other installations are planned. They will be built at Chief Timothy Park, at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers, near Clarkston.; Celilo Park, near The Dalles, Ore.; and the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
The “Listening Circle” amphitheater at Chief Timothy Park is scheduled to be the next completed installation.
“The spring of 2011 is our best estimate for a dedication there,” said Jane Jacobsen, executive director of the Confluence Project.
