Artwork copyright Emily Ginsburg. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2023.

Artwork copyright Emily Ginsburg. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2021.

Artwork copyright Emily Ginsburg. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, by Everything Time Studio, 2021.

If You Felt the Same: TWISTER, 2021

Emily Ginsburg
American (born 1964)

Location: Foothills Elementary, Buckley

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Emily Ginsburg’s four-part installation of large colorful prints combine colors from a mood ring in large ovals with the element of chance from a game of Twister based on emotions. The art reminds us to consider how we feel and think about what brought us here. We might find ourselves in a place where our left foot is on "Restless" and our right hand is on "Clarity". With the next spin, everything could change. This artwork is part of a curated collection by Erin Dengerink in October 2021 at Foothills Elementary, in Buckley, Western Washington. The local art selection committee wanted artworks that are beautiful, intriguing, and spark imagination.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with .

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Emily Ginsburg’s artworks map the impact of everyday communications through mass media. She explores human behavior patterns and how meaning is entangled with mass media platforms. She expresses these ideas through painting, drawing, print media, objects, installation, animation, and video and sound. Ginsburg was born in New York City. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from Trinity College in Connecticut in 1986 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan in 1991. She currently serves as a Professor and Chair of Media Arts at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon.