IN THE NEWS PBS Documentary Highlights Monumental Project Managed by Design Alumnus
An award-winning project coordinated and managed by College of Design alumnus Steven Boody (BS 1971 Forestry / MLA 1974 Landscape Architecture) of Boody Fine Arts, St. Louis, Mo., is the subject of a PBS documentary that will air at 9 a.m. this Saturday, Oct. 22, and 8 p.m. next Tuesday, Oct. 25, on IPTV World. “Making an American Monument: an Epic Journey in Bronze” shows how America’s largest installation of site-specific bronze--located in Omaha, Neb.--evolved from concept to installation over 11 years. Boody served as the art consultant and project manager, assisted in assembling the team of design professionals and artists, and has continued to oversee implementation of the project’s master plan. [Learn more about the project]
ISA Associate Professor Teresa Paschke Exhibition Interview Now Online Teresa Paschke, associate professor of integrated studio arts, was interviewed by Art St. Louis in conjunction with the gallery’s Fiber Focus 2011 exhibition, which closed last Thursday, Oct. 13. Paschke had two textile artworks–”A.K.” and “Hip-Hop Samper”–in the show, which featured 56 artworks by 42 artists from seven Midwestern states. “A.K.” was awarded second place. [Read the interview]
ANNOUNCEMENTS Help Fifth-Year LA Students ‘Cash Out Hunger’
Join the fifth-year landscape architecture class and Move the Food to support the Greater Des Moines Area Food Pantry Network in an effort to “Cash Out Hunger.” Every year 9,000 people benefit from the efforts of the Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), which runs the food pantry, and efforts such as Cash Out Hunger. Although food donations are helpful, your cash donation will go up to six times further in helping DMARC provide meals for even more people. Throughout Homecoming week (this week), Cash Out Hunger will accept donations from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily on central campus, at Parks Library and in the foyer outside the Dean’s Office in the College of Design. Every dollar donated will result in a plate being displayed in an art installation to represent the number of meals provided to area residents.
Sticks Creates Mural at Horticulture Hall this Week
Artists from Sticks, Inc., are wood burning and painting a mural installation this week in the atrium of Horticulture Hall. In September, Sticks’ owner, Sara Grant, took up residency to design and draw several panels in the space where the mural will be permanently installed as part of the Horticulture Teaching and Research Greenhouse Complex construction project. The completed mural, funded through the Art in State Buildings legislation, will be the newest work of art on the Iowa State campus. You’re invited to check out the artists’ progress from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through this Friday, Oct. 21.