Convergence

Artist: Dehaemers, Matt

Date: 2011

Medium: Fire pit, lithocrete, and carved boulder

County Department: Fire

Artwork Site: Fire Station 156

Supervisorial District: 5

Current Status: On view

About the Artwork: Artist Matt Dehaemers designed a fire pit for the station’s exterior courtyard. The surface is richly colored and patterned in lithocrete, and the “pit” is a carved-out boulder.

About the Artist: Matt Dehaemers received his B.F.A. from Creighton University and his M.F.A from the University of Wisconsin. Dehaemers has exhibited his artwork since 1996 and has been commissioned for various public art projects throughout the United States. His projects were recognized four consecutive years (2004-2007) by the Public Art Network’s “Year in Review,” a prestigious, annual selection of the best new public artworks in the nation. Dehaemers writes, “I want to create a space that honors the story of the LA County firefighter representing aspects of honor, duty, courage, compassion and perseverance, while creating a space for communal gathering and solitary, peaceful reflection.”