Spencer Luckey

Spencer Walker Luckey is an American artist and president of Luckey Climbers, a design/fabrication firm that specializes in climbing sculptures for children's museums [1][2] and other institutions world-wide.[3][4]

Spencer Luckey
Born
Spencer Walker Luckey

(1970-07-24)July 24, 1970
New Haven, CT
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale School of Architecture
OccupationSculptor
Known forLuckey Climbers
Parent(s)Tom Luckey, Elizabeth Mason
Websitewww.luckeyclimbers.com

Biography

Spencer was raised in Short Beach, Connecticut by artist Tom Luckey and Elizabeth Mason. He attended the Foote School, followed by Northfield Mount Hermon and is a graduate of Connecticut College and Yale School of Architecture.[5] He is married to artist Briah Uhl, and they have a son, Clyde.

Luckey LLC

Spencer took over operations in 2006 after his father, Tom Luckey, became paralyzed and has been responsible for the design, fabrication and installation of the climbers.[6][7][8] While the head of Luckey Climbers, Spencer has introduced digitally-based techniques of shaping and structural analysis, his work marks a departure from the analogue mode of his father.[9] Of late, Luckey Climbers has also expanded internationally.

Projects
Institution City State Year Built Copyrighted Type of Institution
Discovery Place Charlotte North Carolina 1986 No Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Memphis Memphis Tennessee 1987 Yes Children's Museum
Museo Del Nino Mexico City Mexico 1989 Yes Children's Museum
Illinois Children's Museum Dupage Illinois 1995 Yes Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Winston-Salem Winston-Salem North Carolina 1997 Yes Children's Museum
Winston-Salem Visitor's Center Winston-Salem North Carolina 1997 Yes Public Space
Oviedo Mall Oviedo Florida 1997 Yes Shopping Mall
Lincoln Park Zoo Chicago Illinois 1998 Yes Zoo
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center Gulfport Mississippi 1998 No Children's Museum
The Jasmine Moran Children's Museum Seminole Oklahoma 1998 Yes Children's Museum
Museum of Discovery and Science Ft. Lauderdale Florida 1999 No Children's Museum
Fox Valley Mall Aurora Illinois 1999 Yes Shopping Mall
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1999 Yes Children's Museum
Decatur Children's Museum Decatur Illinois 2000 No Children's Museum
Children's Museum at Holyoke Holyoke Massachusetts 2000 Yes Children's Museum
Rochester Museum & Science Center Rochester New York 2000 Yes Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Cleveland Cleveland Ohio 2000 No Children's Museum
Kidspace Children's Museum Pasadena California 2001 No Children's Museum
Children's Discovery Museum Normal Illinois 2002 Yes Children's Museum
Long Island Children's Museum Garden City New York 2002 Yes Children's Museum
Wonderlab Bloomington Indiana 2003 Yes Children's Museum
Christ Community Church St. Charles Illinois 2005 No Public Space
Glazer Children's Museum Tampa Florida 2009 No Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Houston Houston Texas 2009 No Children's Museum
Century City Mall Los Angeles California 2010 No Shopping Mall
Delaware Children's Museum Wilmington Delaware 2010 No Children's Museum
Providence Children's Museum Providence Rhode Island 2010 No Children's Museum
Children's Museum of South Dakota Brookings South Dakota 2010 No Children's Museum
Columbus Commons Columbus Indiana 2011 No Public Space
Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum Reno Nevada 2011 No Children's Museum
Children's Museum of Alamance County Graham North Carolina 2011 No Children's Museum
Kidspace Jakarta Indonesia 2012 No Public Space
Lotte World South Korea Seoul South Korea 2012 No Theme Park
Mckenna Children's Museum New Braunfels Texas 2012 No Children's Museum
Indianapolis Children's Museum Indianapolis Indiana 2013 No Children's Museum
Curious Kids Children's Museum St. Joseph Missouri 2013 No Children's Museum
Franklin Institute Philadelphia Pennsylvania 2013 No Children's Museum
Science Center Singapore --- Singapore 2013 No Children's Museum
Gyeonggi Children's Museum Suwon South Korea 2013 No Children's Museum
Formel Fun Bulach Switzerland 2013 No Public Space
China National Children's Museum Beijing China 2014 No Children's Museum
The Foote School New Haven Connecticut 2014 No School
W5 Belfast Ireland 2014 No Children's Museum
Mountain's Edge Park Las Vegas Nevada 2014 No Public Space
Liberty Science Center Jersey City New Jersey 2014 No Children's Museum
Scott Family Amazeum Bentonville Arkansas 2015 No Children's Museum
The Village at Topanga Canyon Los Angeles California 2015 No Shopping Mall
Little Oasis - Parkview Green Mall Beijing China 2015 No Shopping Mall
PLAY - Discovery Mall Kuwait City Kuwait 2015 No Public Space
The Magic House St. Louis Missouri 2015 No Children's Museum
Tampa Aquarium Tampa Florida 2016 No Aquarium
Whalers Village Maui Hawaii 2016 No Shopping Mall
Westfield Old Orchard Skokie Illinois 2016 No Shopping Mall
Greenwood Community Center Greenwood Indiana 2016 No Public Space
Boston Children's Museum Boston Massachusetts 2016 No Children's Museum
Trapiche Museo Interactivo Los Mochis Mexico 2016 No Children's Museum
Harmony of the Seas --- Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner 2016 No Cruise Ship
IKEA MEGA Teply Stan Moscow Russia 2016 No Shopping Mall
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences Charleston West Virginia 2016 No Children's Museum
The Veranda Concord California 2017 No Shopping Mall
Great Explorations Children's Museum St. Petersburg Florida 2017 No Children's Museum
Ala Moana Mall Honolulu Hawaii 2017 No Shopping Mall
Hong Kong International School Kowloon Hong Kong 2017 No School
Knock Knock Children's Museum Baton Rouge Louisiana 2017 No Children's Museum
Union Station Kansas City Kansas City Missouri 2017 No Public Space
Downtown Summerlin Las Vegas Nevada 2017 No Shopping Mall
IKEA MEGA Kazan Kazan Russia 2017 No Shopping Mall
Children's Museum of La Crosse La Crosse Wisconsin 2017 No Children's Museum
Irvine Spectrum Center Irvine California 2018 No Shopping Mall
Independence of the Seas --- Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner 2018 No Cruise Ship
Symphony of the Seas --- Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner 2018 No Cruise Ship
Mariner of the Seas --- Royal Caribbean Cruise Liner 2018 No Cruise Ship
River Pointe Church Richmond Texas 2018 No Church
Baybrook Mall Friendswood Texas 2018 No Shopping Mall
Cross County Shopping Yonkers New York 2018 No Shopping Mall
Oxigeno Human Playground Heredia Costa Rica 2018 No Shopping Mall

Luckey (2008)

Spencer and his family were featured in the documentary, “Luckey”,[10] which focused on Luckey Climbers in the aftermath of the accident which left Tom Luckey paralyzed. The film was shown at SxSW[11] and other festivals, as well as on the Sundance Channel.[12]

References
  1. O'Connor, Aidan; Kinchin, Juliet (19 September 2012). "Height of Achievement: Tom Luckey, In Memoriam". MoMA.
  2. Bradford, Miriam (19 August 2010). "Oh, to be a kid again". Flor.
  3. DePalma, Anthony (18 November 2003). "In Mexico City, A State-of-the-Art Children's Museum". The New York Times.
  4. "Our extraordinary Climber - a european first". Formel Fun.
  5. Sheinkopf, Laura (Fall 2013). "Movers & Makers:In the Heights". Northfield Mount Hermon Magazine.
  6. Reason, Betsy (25 August 2013). "The Children's Museum aims to shape young brains with remodeled Playscape". IndyStar.
  7. Richardson, Edward (January 2010). "Vertical Challenge". Texas Architect Magazine.
  8. "The Point Within, Luckey in Princeton".
  9. MacMillan, Thomas (8 August 2014). "Climbing Kids Get Luckey". New Haven Independent.
  10. Luckey at IMDb
  11. "Emerging Visions: Introducing Luckey". sxsw.com. 12 March 2009.
  12. "Luckey". Sundance Channel listings.
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