For Immediate Release:
February 25, 2008 New art program brings unique artistry to
Anschutz Medical Campus |
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Aurora—(February 25, 2008) The art selection committee for the Art in Public Places project at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora has chosen seven artists to create and place artwork throughout the campus within the next year. The public art will be dedicated to healing as well as creating a more humane environment of distinction, enjoyment and pride for students, staff and patients.
The call for entry was sent to artists across the country to submit their images and statement of interest. The opportunities for public art included “The Big Picture” which will connect the education and research zones, two atriums which will be filled with art and “Surprises” which will be small, intimate pieces of art reserved exclusively for Colorado artists. The call for entry attracted 176 artists and the committee chose 87 for discussion. From this selection, 20 artists were invited to the campus to tour the facilities and grounds and develop a design proposal. From this group of 20, the committee then selected seven artists to produce artwork for the campus.
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Thomas Sayre from North Carolina will create the link between the research and education quads with a series of earth cast “rooms” anchored by 14-foot spheres.
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Tim Prentice of Connecticut will install a kinetic sculpture in the Education II Building.
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Rae Douglass from California will use the concept of the Visible Human Project, a project developed at the University of Colorado Denver, to produce a 25-foot sculpture in the lobby of the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Library.
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Kendra Fleischman, Golden, will install a bronze sculpture called “Origin”.
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Michael Clapper, Denver, will create a metal sculpture interpreting the 23rd chromosome.
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Mel Ristau, Ft. Collins, will install a mobile in an education atrium.
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Melanie Walker and George Peters, Boulder, will create an atrium piece.
The Anschutz Medical campus is designed for health care delivery of the future and strives to educate the best health professionals, provide superior health care and community service, and be at the forefront of knowledge advancement through research in health sciences. The $1.2 million budget for these projects comes from six Certificates of Participation Projects (COPs) funded by $202.9 million in state capital construction funds. COPs are tax exempt government securities that, by law, require one percent to be set aside for public art in and/or adjacent to these facilities. These public art funds are administered by the Colorado Council on the Arts.
A collection of artwork from the former University of Colorado Denver Ninth Avenue campus, including contemporary pieces, historical pieces, donations and memorabilia, also will be transferred to the Anschutz Medical Campus.
About the Colorado Council on the Arts
The mission of The Colorado Council on the Arts, a division of the Office
of Economic Development and International Trade, is to promote the cultural,
educational, and economic growth of Colorado through development of its
arts and cultural heritage. For more information, visit www.coloarts.org.
The University of Colorado Denver is one of three universities in the University
of Colorado system. Located in Denver on the Downtown Campus and at Ninth
& Colorado Blvd., and on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo.,
University of Colorado Denver is Colorado's premier research university
offering more than 100 degrees and programs in 13 schools and colleges and
serving more than 28,000 students in Metro Denver and online. For more information,
visit the web site at www.ucdhsc.edu
or the UC Denver Newsroom at http://www.uchsc.edu/news.
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