[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font_size=”26″ border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
Boliou Fountain<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font_size=”18″ border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Clifford Clark<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.65″ background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Nestled next to the entrance of Boliou Hall (1949), home to the Art and Art History Department, sits the Boliou Fountain, a revolving sculpture made out of brass that contrasts with the rectilinear form of the building itself. Created by Raymond \u201cJake\u201d Jacobson in 1966 as a part of the centennial celebration of the college\u2019s founding, the sculptural fountain was designed to rotate fully once every eight days.<\/p>\n Jacobson came to teach at Carleton in 1955 and taught in the art department until 1986. He had grown up on a farm in Utah and loved the forms and sounds of nature. His sculptures capture the patterns of change, which are an essential part of the natural world. A rite of passage for art department students is often to splash in the fountain on a warm spring evening.<\/p>\n One of Jacobson\u2019s students, Dale Fierke, said, \u201cAs students, he wanted us all to succeed in whatever we did; and his love for his own life and work was a powerful example of how to go about that. He was the real deal, no pretensions\u2014a kind and generous, endlessly talented man who seemed to have figured out how to live a complete life in this world and was more than happy to help the rest of us do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n Other sculptures by Jacobson can be found in the adjacent memorial to Jenny Bonner, in the Gould Library, and with the sundial in front of Laird Hall.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=”3.0.65″ show_title_and_caption=”on” show_pagination=”on” gallery_ids=”236,233,234,235,230,231,232″ fullwidth=”off” orientation=”landscape” zoom_icon_color=”#1eaa98″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.9)” background_layout=”light” border_style=”solid” auto=”off” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"