The opening reception will celebrate 25 years of creative collaboration between Washington University sculpture students and the Commission to bring sculpture to the public places of University City. The site-specific temporary sculptures, designed, built and installed by Washington University sculpture students, dot the map of University City and invite discovery by residents.
Intended to be “a visual force for expression, celebration and perhaps provocation,” the first sculptures were installed in 1986, but probably none of the founders dreamed that the Sculpture Series would grow in the following decades to become an eagerly awaited rite of spring. This collaborative effort between the University City Municipal Commission on Arts and Letters and the Washington University Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts is jointly funded by grants from the Regional Arts Commission of St Louis, the University City Arts & Letters Commission, the University City Council and the Washington University College & Graduate School of Art.
The 2011 Sculpture Series will be available for free viewing beginning April 3 and continuing through the summer months. The April 3 public reception will commemorate the Series’ 25 years and feature commentary and discussion of the sculptures by the artists.