Maya Lin in line for river project

Artist Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is expected to sign a contract to create art works along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest to commemorate the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

The contract should be signed in about the next week, Confluence Project spokeswoman Kimberly Mejia said. She declined to say how much Lin would be paid for her work on the project, expected to cost $15 million overall.

The contract is for at least five and possibly seven pieces by early 2005, Jane Jacobsen, director of the Confluence Project, told the City Council in Vancouver, Wash., this week.