{{short description|Public artists}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Mags Harries and Lajos Héder''' are artists working collaboratively to create public art across the United States from their studio.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2010-09-17|title=Mags Harries & Lajos Héder at 4Culture artist registry|url=http://4culture.org/publicart/registry/sites/sites_artist.aspx?ArtistID=19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917194635/http://4culture.org/publicart/registry/sites/sites_artist.aspx?ArtistID=19|archive-date=2010-09-17|access-date=2020-12-12}}</ref>
==Career== A married couple, they formed Harries/Héder Collaborative in 1990 and have worked together on major public art commissions<ref>{{cite book |title=Public Art for Public Schools |last=Cohen |first=Michele |author2=Michael Bloomberg |author3=Stan Ries |page=194 |year=2009 |publisher=Monacelli Press |isbn=978-1-58093-215-8 }}</ref> since then. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, they have completed over thirty public projects with budgets up to $6 million.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} They designed Acoustic Weir in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fresh Pond: The History of a Cambridge Landscape |last=Sinclair |first=Jill |page=152 |year=2009 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-19591-1 }}</ref>
==Biographies== '''Mags Harries''' (born 1945),<ref name=harvard /> a Welsh sculptor born in Wales, attended Leicester College of Art before immigrating to the United States to study at Southern Illinois University.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} She teaches at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on sculpture, installation, and public art.<ref>{{Cite web|last=King|first=Elaine A.|date=2019-07-02|title=Latitude to Comment and Play: A Conversation with Mags Harries and Lajos Héder|url=https://sculpturemagazine.art/latitude-to-comment-and-play-a-conversation-with-mags-harries-and-lajos-heder/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Sculpture|language=en-US}}</ref> Her 1976 work ''Asaroton'' was installed in Boston.<ref name="Tanga">{{cite journal |last1=Tanga |first1=Martina |title=Burnishing History: Mags Harries' 1976 Asaroton |journal=Public Art Dialogue |date=2 January 2018 |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=50–71 |doi=10.1080/21502552.2018.1430293|s2cid=194991938 }}</ref> She created the Glove Cycle installation at a Boston subway station in 1984.<ref name="harvard2">Boorstin, Robert O. [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1979/2/26/take-the-red-line-please-pour/?print=1 Take the Red Line ... Please. Artists on the Line at the Carpenter Center through March 9]. ''The Harvard Crimson''. February 26, 1979. Retrieved June 2, 2012.</ref><ref name="Mags">[http://www.harriesheder.com/projects/transportation-projects/glove-cycle/ Glove Cycle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422233703/http://www.harriesheder.com/projects/transportation-projects/glove-cycle/|date=2012-04-22}}. Mags Harries & Lajos Héder. Retrieved May 22, 2012.</ref> Two of her untitled 1972 prints are held by Harvard Art Museums,<ref name="harvard">{{cite web |title=From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled (M21946) |url=https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/255729?position=0 |website=harvardartmuseums.org |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=en}} <br /> {{cite web |title=From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled (M21947)|url=https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/255838?position=1 |website=harvardartmuseums.org |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> and a 1975 charcoal on paper work ''Theater'' is held by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.<ref name="boston">{{cite web |title=Theater |url=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/264259/ |website=collections.mfa.org |publisher=Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
'''Lajos Héder''', an artist born in Hungary, studied architecture and urban planning at Harvard University.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} Before forming Harries/Héder Collaborative, he worked on community projects, urban design, site planning, architecture, and construction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mags Harries {{!}} School of the Museum of Fine Arts {{!}} Tufts University|url=https://smfa.tufts.edu/directory/mags-harries|access-date=2021-08-05|website=smfa.tufts.edu}}</ref> He was the principal author of the US Department of Transportation's ''Aesthetics in Transportation'' (1980).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Héder |first1=Lajos |title=Aesthetics in Transportation: Guidelines for Incorporating Design, Art and Architecture Into Transportation Facilities |date=1980 |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Environment and Safety |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_flAAKMbB0C&dq=%22Aesthetics+in+Transportation%22&pg=PP1 |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
They have two daughters, writer/director Sian Heder<ref>{{cite web|last1=Meek|first1=Tom|title=Sian Heder's 'Tallulah' Pulls From 'Surreal Experiences With Bad Moms'|url=http://www.wbur.org/artery/2016/07/26/sian-heder-netflix-tallulah|website=WBUR|date=July 26, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2016|archive-date=July 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728155848/http://www.wbur.org/artery/2016/07/26/sian-heder-netflix-tallulah|url-status=live}}</ref> and author/artist Thyra Heder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thyraheder.com/|title=Thyra Heder|website=Thyra Heder|access-date=2016-07-29|archive-date=2016-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530042110/http://www.thyraheder.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Selected works == *''Wall Cycle to Ocotillo'' (1992), Phoenix, Arizona *''Miramar Park'', Florida (2000)<ref>{{cite news |title=Making art for everyone from Phoenix to Wales to their own hometown, Cambridge-based public artists Mags Harries and Lajos Heder are changing the landscape one project at a time |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDE4F75EBA4AD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Boston Globe |date=May 7, 2000 |access-date=January 6, 2010 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021103034/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDE4F75EBA4AD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=live }}</ref> *''City at the Falls'', Commonwealth Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky (2000) design team artists{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''Drawn Water'', Cambridge Water Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2001) design team artist<ref>{{cite news |title=Cambridge's 'Water' works as accessible, playful piece |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/88015021.html?dids=88015021:88015021&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+04%2C+2001&author=Mary+Sherman&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=VISUAL+ARTS%3B+Cambridge%27s+%60Water%27+works+as+accessible%2C+playful+piece&pqatl=google |work=Boston Herald |date=November 4, 2001 |access-date=January 6, 2010 | first=Mary | last=Sherman}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> *''WaterWorks at Arizona Falls'', Arizona Falls, Phoenix, Arizona (2003) design team artists<ref name="arizona">{{cite news |title=2 turn Arizona Falls site into artistic link to past |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64018525/arizona-republic/ |work=Arizona Republic |date=May 29, 2003 |access-date=April 3, 2022| location=Phoenix, Arizona |via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> *''The Benefit of Mr. Kite'', San Diego Port Authority, San Diego, California (2003){{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''Connections'', [Central Connecticut State University], New Britain, Connecticut (2005){{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''Arbors and Ghost Trees'', Baseline Road, Phoenix, Arizona (2005) with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''Terra Fugit'', Miramar Park, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2006) design team artists<ref>{{cite news |title=Public art displayed in Miramar City gets new art pieces at library and cultural center |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1582818681.html?dids=1582818681:1582818681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26%2C+2008&author=Chris+Guanche&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=PUBLIC+ART+DISPLAYED+IN+MIRAMAR+CITY+GETS+NEW+ART+PIECES+AT+LIBRARY+AND+CULTURAL+CENTER&pqatl=google |work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=October 26, 2008 |access-date=January 6, 2010 |first=Chris |last=Guanche |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024151940/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1582818681.html?dids=1582818681:1582818681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+26,+2008&author=Chris+Guanche&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=PUBLIC+ART+DISPLAYED+IN+MIRAMAR+CITY+GETS+NEW+ART+PIECES+AT+LIBRARY+AND+CULTURAL+CENTER&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref> *''The Big Question'', Des Moines Science Museum, Des Moines, Iowa (2007){{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *Concord River Greenway Trail Master Plan, Lowell, Massachusetts (2007){{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''A MoonTide Garden'', International Ferry Terminal, Portland, Maine (2007){{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *Solar Light Raft, Havana Square, Stapleton, Colorado (2008){{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''Sun Flowers, an Electric Garden'', Mueller Development, Austin, Texas (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Phillips|first=Hannah|title=A History of Mueller SunFlowers in 60 Seconds|url=https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/texas/articles/history-of-mueller-sunflowers-in-60-seconds/|access-date=2021-08-05|website=Culture Trip|date=7 June 2017}}</ref> *History Colorado Center, Denver, Colorado (2009){{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''Zanjero's Line'', Highline Canal, Phoenix, Arizona (2010) with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''Terpsichore for Kansas City'', Arts District Parking Garage, Kansas City, Missouri (2011) with David Moulton, Roberta Vacca, Bobby Watson{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''Xixi Umbrellas'', Xixi Wetland Park, Hangzhou, China (2012) Westlake International Invitational Sculpture Exhibition{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} *''Meeting Place'', The Downtown Greenway, Greensboro, North Carolina (2014)<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Mags Harries}}
*[http://www.harriesheder.com/ Official site]
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