Colorado State University Installs Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Thursday, July 30, 1998
FORT COLLINS--Colorado State University presents an outdoor
sculpture exhibition as part of a new program that brings work
from nationally known artists to campus.
Through the SculptureScape program, new art pieces will be
installed across campus every two years. The installation of
first exhibition has been completed today, and the five
sculptures in the show will be displayed through July 30, 2000.
"The exhibition is designed to demonstrate the value fine
arts can have in our daily lives," said Gary Voss, associate
professor of art and director of SculptureScape. "The show is
designed as a part of Colorado State's plan to make the
university more pedestrian oriented. Students, faculty, staff and
guests of the university will all be able to view these pieces as
they walk across campus."
Voss said the exhibit serves an educational tool for the
campus and the wider community. Art department faculty will be
able to incorporate SculptureScape exhibits into courses.
Brochures are available to the public at the art department.
The pieces in the show and their campus locations follow:
"Break Back" by Willie Ray Parish of LaUnion, NM, is installed
west of Natural Resources; "Madam Butterfly" by Malcolm Susman of
Van Nuys, Calif., is installed on the north side of Morgan
Library; "Bent Disc X-Negative" by Arlene Waxman of Santa Monica,
Calif., is installed north of Education; "Centric Shear" by Rico
Eastman of Sante Fe, NM, is installed on the Montford Quad; and
"Serai", also by Eastman, is installed on the east side of the
Lory Student Center.
The five sculptures were selected by a jury of faculty,
administrators and students from Colorado State's art department
and by administrators from the Lincoln Center and Loveland
Museum. The pieces were chosen from more than 70 entries
submitted to a competition open to artists across the Western
United States. Before the show concludes, one of the artists will
be invited to give a presentation on campus.
"It is our hope that this show can evolve into a larger
display in the years ahead," said Voss. "As more exhibition sites
become available, we may be able to open up the SculptureScape
competition to artists from coast to coast."
For more information on the SculptureScape show, call the
art department at (970) 491-6774.
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