Confluence ProjectAbout the Confluence Project
The Confluence Project is an initiative to reclaim, transform and reimagine seven places along the historic Columbia River Basin, through permanent art installations by Maya Lin. Each site along the 450-mile course of the project is a place where waterways merge or traditional peoples have gathered, and each was a scene of meeting between Native Americans and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Through Maya Lin's creative interventions into their history and terrain, these seven sites will now offer new points of encounter between the natural world and the built environment, the past and the present, for people of all backgrounds. The Confluence Project was initiated in 2000 through the collaboration of a group of Pacific Northwest Native American tribes and civic groups from Washington and Oregon, and budgeted at $27 million.
Who's who
Maya Lin, artist
Maya Lin has maintained a careful balance in her career between art and architecture, creating a remarkable body of work that includes large-scale site-specific installations. » View Profile
Johnpaul Jones, architect
Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects, Ltd., was founded in 1969 with the idea of giving a voice to the landscape and its inhabitants through an integrated practice of architecture and landscape architecture. » View Profile
Confluence Project board of directors
Antone Minthorn, chair
Jane Jacobsen, executive director
Dan Cryer
David DiCesare
Diane McKeel
Michelle Peters
Royce Pollard
Shirley Powell
Kathleen Sayce
Cliff Snider
Linda Hickey, ex officio
David Nierenberg, ex officio
Confluence Project advisors and partners
Chinook Tribe
City of Clarkston
City of Ilwaco
City of Pasco
City of Troutdale, Oregon
City of Vancouver
Clark County
Columbia Land Trust
Colville Tribe
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Nation
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Confluence Project Education and Community Advisory Committee
Confluence Project Humanities Advisory Committee
Cowlitz Tribe
Educational Services District 112 and 123
Former Governor Gary Locke
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Governor Christine Gregoire, State of Washington
Grand Ronde Tribe
Hells Canyon Visitor Association
Lewis and Clark Asotin County Bicentennial Committee, Clarkston, WA
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemorative Committee, Vancouver, WA
Lower Columbia River Estuary
Nez Perce Tribe
Oregon Department of Transportation
Oregon State Parks
Pacific County Friends of Lewis and Clark
Port of Ilwaco
Port of Peninsula
Preston, Gates & Ellis, LLC, Seattle, WA
Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge
Sierra Club
The Audubon Society
The Chinook Nation
The National Park Service
The Port of Portland
The Regional Transportation Council
The Washington State Legislature
Tri-Cities Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council
Tri-cities River Enhancement Council
U.S. Representative Brian Baird
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell
U.S. Senator Patty Murray
US Army Corps of Engineers - Portland District
US Army Corps of Engineers - Walla Walla District
USDA Forest Service
Vancouver Land Bridge Stakeholders Committee
Wanapum Band
Washington State Department of Transportation
Washington State Historical Society
Washington State Legislature
Washington State Parks
Washington State University - Vancouver
West Columbia Gorge Chamber of Commerce
Yakama Tribe
Jane Jacobsen, Confluence Project executive director, with Maya Lin
A message from the executive director
The Confluence Project is about bringing people together for a better future, and it's made possible by a solid team effort. We share a vision to preserve our natural and cultural resources for generations to come. We're personally and collectively accountable for understanding our connection to and dependence on our rivers. We're inspired to make a positive difference in the environment we share and trust you are, too.
Jane Jacobsen
Executive Director
Confluence Project
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