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Documented artwork / site-specific willow installation in and on a schoolhouse replica

Daydreams

Patrick Dougherty

Credit as documented: Patrick Dougherty; schoolhouse replica planned by Max Anthon of JxM and built by CTA Architects of Bozeman

Daydreams places Patrick Dougherty's willow sculpture inside and across a newly constructed replica of a Montana schoolhouse at Tippet Rise. The 2015 work contains five interior elements and two connected exterior pieces. Its building partly protects the woven material from the weather while providing the classroom setting that gives the title its meaning. Tippet Rise credits Max Anthon of JxM with planning a replica of the nearby Stockade School and CTA Architects of Bozeman with building it.

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At a glance

Year / version
2015 (July)
Materials
local willow
Documented setting
both
Dimensions
Interior pieces: area 30 × 20 feet, 15 feet tall. Schoolhouse replica: 1,000 square feet; two exterior elements separately noted.
Dimensions apply to
Interior sculpture dimensions and building floor area have different scopes; neither is the whole artwork footprint.
Availability
Unconfirmed

Places & versions

Installation history

Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.

  1. 2015

    Tippet Rise Art Center, Fishtail, Montana

    Site
    Tippet Rise Art Center
    City
    Fishtail
    State / region
    MT
    Country
    United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)

    Installation details checked 2026-10-17. Supporting source ↗.

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Materials and construction

The artist's thirty-by-twenty-foot area and fifteen-foot height describe the interior sculpture. The host's separate thousand-square-foot figure describes the schoolhouse. Neither number supplies the full extent of the exterior pieces.

Presentation and site context

Cursive Takes a Holiday is the separately titled 2022 companion.

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