​​​​​​​​​​​Maryvale Poolhouse​​


ARTIST:   Adam Miszuk, Richard Gross, and Celeste Duckworth
DATE:   2009
LOCATION:  4444 N. 51st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 
TYPE:   Building
MATERIALS:   Etched Concrete, Printed Wall Panels
BUDGET:    $30,000
DISTRICT:   5
ZIP CODE:   85031​


Poets Miszuk, Duckworth and Gross collaborated to integrate poetry (in Spanish and English) into wall panels at the pool house and the sidewalks leading up to it. Duckworth's poem An Oasis in the Desert, and Miszuk's poem When My Fingertips are Wrinkled are featured on the pool house walls. Gross' poems Step Step Step and One Drop of Water are sandblasted into the sidewalk approaching the pool house. ​