{"id":227,"date":"2017-08-04T08:57:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T13:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/?p=227"},"modified":"2018-12-10T15:25:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T21:25:02","slug":"boliou-fountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/nfldhist\/boliou-fountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Boliou Fountain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boliou Fountain<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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Clifford Clark<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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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><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>

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The Transportation<\/h3>

The Boliou Fountain being driven down the streets of Northfield to its new home on the Carleton campus.<\/p><\/div>

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“Carleton After Hours” pottery throwing in Boliou<\/h3>

A student works in the ceramics studio in Boliou.<\/p><\/div>

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Ray Jacobson<\/h3>

The sculptor of the “Centennial Fountain” makes comments during its dedication in 1966.<\/p><\/div>

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Studio Art Class<\/h3>

A Carleton art class draws a still life in a Boliou studio in 1951.<\/p><\/div>

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Art Student<\/h3>

A student drawing in Boliou art class in the 1990s.<\/p><\/div>

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Cooling Off<\/h3>

Since the 1960s, students have cooled off in the Boliou Fountain on hot days.<\/p><\/div>

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Installing the Fountain in 1966<\/h3>

Ray Jacobson’s fountain is lowered into place in front of Boliou in 1966.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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