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36-672: Artist Maya Lin designed installations that followed the path of Lewis and Clark through the Columbia River Basin. Lin collaborated with landscape architects, such as Johnpaul Jones , to produce earthen works that helped restore natural environments. Each artwork was based on traditions grounded in Native American cultures and drew text from Lewis and Clark's journals. Confluence is a community supported nonprofit 501(C)(3) based in Vancouver, Washington, incorporated in 2002. The mission

72-473: A balance between these opposing forces, finding the place where opposites meet... existing not on either side but on the line that divides." Lin was married to Daniel Wolf (1955–2021), a photography dealer and collector. Her sister-in-law was the philanthropist Diane R. Wolf (1954–2008). She has homes in New York and rural Colorado, and is the mother of two daughters, India and Rachel. She has an older brother,

108-445: A median income of $ 26,687 versus $ 25,106 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 17,164. About 13.3% of families and 17.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 14.8% of those age 65 or over. The Plains is known for its history of Native American burial mounds and ceremonial circles. Nearly 25 mounds were identified here, and

144-480: A minimal effect on the environment by utilizing recycled and sustainable materials, by minimizing carbon emissions , and by attempting to avoid damaging the landscapes/ecosystems where she works. In addition to her other activities as an environmentalist, Lin has served on the Natural Resources Defense Council board of trustees. In 1981, at 21 and still an undergraduate student, Lin won

180-644: A negative attitude towards the Vietnam War. Lin defended her design before the US Congress , and a compromise was reached: Three Soldiers , a bronze depiction of a group of soldiers and an American flag were placed to the side of Lin's design. Notwithstanding the initial controversy, the memorial has become an important pilgrimage site for relatives and friends of the dead soldiers, many of whom leave personal tokens and mementos in memory of their loved ones. In 2007, an American Institute of Architects poll ranked

216-636: A public design competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to be built on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Her design, one of 1,422 submissions, specified a black granite wall with the names of 57,939 fallen soldiers carved into its face (hundreds more have been added since the dedication), to be v-shaped, with one side pointing toward the Lincoln Memorial and the other toward

252-672: Is a census-designated place (CDP) in Athens County , Ohio , United States. The population was 3,140 at the 2020 census . "The Plains" originally referred to the local region where the Mound Builders lived and built their signature Indian mounds . A post office called The Plains has been in operation since 1908. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km ), of which 0.0077 square miles (0.02 km ), or 0.28%,

288-551: Is about finding a balance in the landscape, respecting nature not trying to dominate it. Even the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is an earthwork. All of my work is about slipping things in, inserting an order or a structuring, yet making an interface so that in the end, rather than a hierarchy, there is a balance and tension between the man-made and the natural." According to the scholar Susette Min, Lin's work uncovers "hidden histories" to bring attention to landscapes and environments that would otherwise be inaccessible to viewers and "deploys

324-446: Is also a pair of combat boots and a note with it dedicated to the veterans of the Vietnam War, that reads "If your generation of Marines had not come home to jeers, insults, and protests, my generation would not come home to thanks, handshakes and hugs." Lin once said that if the competition had not been held "blind" (with designs submitted by name instead of number), she "never would have won" on account of her ethnicity. Her assertion

360-726: Is an American architect , designer and sculptor . Born in Athens, Ohio to Chinese immigrants, she attended Yale University to study architecture . In 1981, while still an undergraduate at Yale she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial was designed in the minimalist architectural style, and it attracted controversy upon its release but went on to become influential. Lin has since designed numerous memorials , public and private buildings, landscapes , and sculptures . In 1989, she designed

396-519: Is especially vital in architecture, which focuses on humanity and life and requires a well-rounded mind. When a project comes her way, she tries to "understand the definition (of the site) in a verbal before finding the form to understand what a piece is conceptually and what its nature should be even before visiting the site". After she completely understands the definition of the site, Lin finalizes her designs by creating numerous renditions of her project in model form. In her historical memorials, such as

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432-628: Is supported by the fact that she was harassed after her ethnicity was revealed, as when prominent businessman and later third-party presidential candidate Ross Perot called her an "egg roll." Lin, who now owns and operates Maya Lin Studio in New York City, has designed numerous projects following the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, including the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama (1989) and

468-691: Is the "half" niece of Lin Huiyin , who was an American-educated artist and poet, and said to have been the first female architect in modern China. Lin Juemin and Lin Yin Ming, both of whom were among the 72 martyrs of the Second Guangzhou uprising , were cousins of her grandfather. Lin Chang-min, a Hanlin of Qing dynasty and the emperor's teacher, fathered Lin Huiyin with his wife, while Maya Lin's father Henry Huan Lin

504-601: Is to connect people to the history, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices. This article related to an art display, art museum or gallery in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Oregon museum-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maya Lin Maya Ying Lin (Chinese: 林瓔; born October 5, 1959)

540-694: Is water. A nature preserve was created in The Plains recently by the Athens Conservancy . An extension of the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway is planned to traverse the preserve and provide bikeway access for the community. At the 2000 census there were 2,931 people, 1,224 households, and 714 families in the CDP. The population density was 1,275.8 inhabitants per square mile (492.6/km ). There were 1,344 housing units at an average density of 585.0 per square mile (225.9/km ). The racial makeup of

576-467: Is willing to say something that is new and not quite familiar. In her own words, Lin's work "originates from a simple desire to make people aware of their surroundings, not just the physical world but also the psychological world we live in." Lin describes her creative process as having a very important writing and verbal component. She first imagines an artwork verbally to understand its concepts and meanings. She believes that gathering ideas and information

612-540: The Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama . She has an older brother, the poet Tan Lin . Although best known for historical memorials, she is also known for environmentally themed works, which often address environmental decline. According to Lin, she draws inspiration from the architecture of nature but believes that nothing she creates can match its beauty. She also draws inspirations from "culturally diverse sources, including Japanese gardens, Hopewell Indian earthen mounds, and works by American earthworks artists of

648-646: The National Medal of Arts in 2009 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. In 2022, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. announced the first biographical exhibition, "One Life: Maya Lin", dedicated to Lin, noting her contributions as architect, sculptor, environmentalist, and designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial . The Plains, Ohio The Plains

684-529: The Washington Monument . The memorial was designed in the minimalist architectural style, which was in contrast to previous war memorials. The memorial was completed in late October 1982 and dedicated in November 1982. According to Lin, her intention was to create an opening or a wound in the earth to symbolize the pain caused by the war and its many casualties. "I imagined taking a knife and cutting into

720-602: The Wave Field outdoor installation at the University of Michigan (1995). Lin is represented by the Pace Gallery in New York City. Maya Lin calls herself a "designer," rather than an "architect". Her vision and her focus are always on how space needs to be in the future, the balance and relationship with the nature and what it means to people. She has tried to focus less on how politics influences design and more on what emotions

756-655: The 1960s and the 1970s". Maya Lin was born in Athens, Ohio . Her parents emigrated from China to the United States, her father in 1948 and her mother in 1949, and settled in Ohio before Lin was born. Her father, Henry Huan Lin, born in Fuzhou , Fujian, was a ceramist and dean of the Ohio University College of Fine Arts. Her mother, Julia Chang Lin, born in Shanghai, was a poet and professor of literature at Ohio University. She

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792-879: The Association of Yale Alumni. In 2003, Lin was chosen to serve on the selection jury of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition . A trend toward minimalism and abstraction was noted among the entrants and the finalists as well as in the chosen design for the World Trade Center Memorial . In 2005, Lin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters , as well as the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls , New York . President Barack Obama awarded Lin

828-506: The CDP was 94.13% White, 2.42% African American, 0.31% Native American, 1.09% Asian, 0.27% from other races, and 1.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.82%. Of the 1,224 households 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were married couples living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.6% were non-families. 33.9% of households were one person and 11.6% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size

864-564: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Women's Table , and the Civil Rights Memorial , Lin tries to focus on the chronological aspect of what she is memorializing. That theme is shown in her art memorializing the changing environment and in charting the depletion of bodies of water. Lin also explores themes of juxtaposing materials and a fusion of opposites: "I feel I exist on the boundaries. Somewhere between science and art, art and architecture, public and private, east and west.... I am always trying to find

900-735: The complex has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places . These are collectively known as the Wolf Plains Mound Group . The Archaeological Conservancy has been buying the sites of the mounds to protect them from development. The residents of The Plains are served by the Athens City School District and Athens High School . The Plains has a public library, a branch of the Athens County Public Libraries . Joe Burrow , football player for

936-447: The concept to discuss the inextricable relationship between nature and the built environment". Lin's focus on this relationship highlights the impact humanity has on the environment, and draws attention to issues such as global warming, endangered bodies of water, and animal extinction/endangerment. She has explored these issues in her recent memorial, called What Is Missing? According to one commentator, Lin constructs her works to have

972-431: The earth, opening it up, and with the passage of time, that initial violence and pain would heal," she recalled. Her winning design was initially controversial for several reasons: its minimalist design, her lack of professional experience, and her Asian ethnicity. Some objected to the exclusion of the surviving veterans' names, while others complained about the dark complexion of the granite, claiming that it expressed

1008-461: The environment to her upbringing in rural Ohio: the nearby Hopewell and Adena Native America burial mounds inspired her from an early age. Noting that much of her later work has focused on the relationship people have with their environment, as expressed in her earthworks , sculptures, and installations, Lin said, "I'm very much a product of the growing awareness about ecology and the environmental movement...I am very drawn to landscape, and my work

1044-602: The memorial No. 10 on a list of America's Favorite Architecture , and it is now one of the most visited sites on the National Mall. Furthermore, it now serves as a memorial for the veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. There is a collection with items left since 2001 from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which includes handwritten letters and notes of those who lost loved ones during these wars. There

1080-535: The monument design process in the origin of her work; "My work originates from a simple desire to make people aware of their surroundings and this can include not just the physical but the psychological world that we live in." In 2002, Lin was elected Alumni Fellow of the Yale Corporation , the governing body of Yale University (upon whose campus sits another of Lin's designs, the Women's Table, designed to commemorate

1116-595: The poet Tan Lin . Lin has been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Yale University, Harvard University , the University of Pennsylvania, Williams College , and Smith College. In 1987, she was among the youngest to be awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by Yale University. In 1994, she was the subject of the Academy Award -winning documentary Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision . Its title comes from an address she gave at Juniata College in which she spoke of

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1152-546: The role of women at Yale University), in an unusually public contest. Her opponent was W. David Lee, a local New Haven minister and graduate of the Yale Divinity School , who was running on a platform to build ties to the community with the support of Yale's unionized employees. Lin was supported by Yale President Richard Levin and other members of the Yale Corporation, and she was the officially endorsed candidate of

1188-477: The school's foundry. She graduated in 1977 from Athens High School in The Plains, Ohio , after which she attended Yale University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1981 and a Master of Architecture in 1986. According to Lin, she has been concerned with environmental issues since she was very young, and dedicated much of her time at Yale University to environmental activism. She attributes her interest in

1224-575: The space would create and what it would symbolize to the user. Her belief in a space being connected and the transition from inside to outside being fluid, coupled with what a space means, has led her to create some very memorable designs. She has also worked on sculptures and landscape installations, such as “Input” artwork at Ohio University. In doing so, Lin focuses on memorializing concepts of time periods instead of direct representations of figures, creating an abstract sculptures and installations. Lin believes that art should be an act of any individual who

1260-418: Was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.88. The age distribution was 23.5% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.5 males. The median household income was $ 30,102 and the median family income was $ 44,761. Males had

1296-512: Was Lin Chang-Min’s illegitimate son with his concubine . According to Lin, she "didn't even realize" she was ethnically Chinese until later in life, and that only in her 30s did she acquire an interest in her cultural background. Lin has said that she did not have many friends when growing up, stayed home a lot, loved to study, and loved school. While still in high school she took courses at Ohio University where she learned to cast bronze in

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