- City:
- Honolulu, HI
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Art Works, Schools, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Artist:
- Marguerite Louis Blasingame
Description
“The lava rock terracing at Kawananakoa School (1934), as well as the fountain featuring bas reliefs by Margarite Blasingame, resulted from the continuation of a number of the CWA’s projects by FERA.”
Blasingame was an American sculptor born in Honolulu in 1906. She did a number of projects under federal support during the Great Depression, including this “Hawaiian Decagonal Fountain” at the Kawananakoa School.
Source notes
Calendar: "Federal Works Projects in Hawai'I: State of Hawai'I: Department of Land and Natural Resources: Protecting Our Past: 2011" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Louis_BlasingameContribute to this Site
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