Wind Gate, Bronze sculpture at Reed College campus, Portland, US

Wind Gate is a large-scale bronze sculpture on the Reed College campus that features three angular forms radiating outward from an empty central space. The piece stands about twelve feet tall and seven feet wide in front of Eliot Hall, where the interplay of solid mass and void creates its visual impact.

Hilda Grossman Morris spent two years, 1967–1968, making Wind Gate, largely in her studio at the Mariana foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy. Reed College installed it permanently in 1980 and dedicated it on October 11 during the exhibition "Hilda Morris: Wind Gate", after a reception in the faculty office building gallery. A process exhibition ran from October 9 to November 11, showing a bronze maquette, a midstage bronze, plaster sections, drawings and casting photographs.

The work's title links the abstract bronze to the idea of a gate and to wind, one of the categories the Smithsonian uses to classify it. It was dedicated in October 1980 during the Reed Art Associates exhibition "Hilda Morris: Wind Gate", which included a bronze maquette, a midstage bronze, plaster sections and photographs of the casting and installation.

The sculpture sits in front of Eliot Hall and is easy to access from anywhere on campus; you can walk around it and examine the bronze surfaces and spatial voids from different angles. Daylight works best for viewing because shadows and sunlight help bring out the depth and three-dimensional quality of the work.

The Smithsonian's 1994 Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey rated Wind Gate's condition as "treatment needed". The work is administered by Reed College, and its dedication on 11 October 1980 followed a reception in the faculty office building gallery, closing that gallery's exhibition programme.