'Breach' Dedication & Fundraiser to Support Sheldon Sculpture Garden
Released on 05/18/2004, at 2:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
WHEN: Tuesday, Jun. 15, 2004
WHERE: Donaldson Garden, South of Andrews Hall, City Campus (14th and T streets, extended)
The public is invited to the dedication and celebration of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery's newest outdoor sculpture, "Breach," by New York artist Roxy Paine. The dedication is at 4 p.m. June 15 followed by a picnic supper under the sculpture at 5 p.m. Attendees with have the opportunity to meet Paine and talk about his sculpture.
The evening will also include live music and a silent auction. Following the event, guests are invited to enjoy Jazz in June, featuring the John Carlini Quartet, in the Sheldon Sculpture Garden.
The sculpture dedication, featuring comments by Sheldon director Janice Driesbach and Suzanne Wise, director of the Nebraska Arts Council, is free to the public. Tickets for the picnic supper are $25 for adults and $10 for children age 12 and younger. For more information and to reserve tickets, call Monica Babcock at (402) 472-2463.
"Breach" is a 42-foot-tall stainless steel tree in Donaldson Garden, south of Andrews Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. The impressive sculpture, the artist's first major commission in this region, reflects Paine's interest in exploring interactions between nature and artifice in our environment. The trunk, which was fabricated in Brooklyn, N.Y., and branches, constructed by the artist from thousands of pieces of steel tubing in his studio in upstate New York, were shipped to Lincoln in early April, and assembled by Paine and a work crew on campus.
The event is sponsored by the Nebraska Art Association, Finke Nurseries and Gardens and KFOR 1240.
CONTACT: Jessica Kennedy, Sheldon/Nebraska Art Association, (402) 472-1197