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Images from the Art and Art History Building Groundbreaking
Posted October 17, 2002
IOWA CITY -- A groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Iowa's new building to house the School of Art and Art History was held October 4, 2002. (Read the press release.) The event was held at the site of the new building, just west of the existing Art Building on Riverside Drive and adjacent to a small lagoon and limestone cliff. Following are images from the ceremony, which marked the official beginning of work on the three-story building, designed by award-winning architect Stephen Holl.  Speakers included (left to right) UI President Willard "Sandy" Boyd; Amir Arbisser, member of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa; Gov. Tom Vilsack; and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Linda Maxson.  Dean Maxson  Gov. Vilsack  Breaking ground: Iowa State Senator Joe Bolkcum; State Senator Bob Dvorsky; Gov. Vilsack; Amir Arbisser; and Dean Maxson.  More shovels: Professor Dorothy Johnson, Director of the School of Art and Art History; Elisabeth Foxley Leach; and Professor Wallace "Maso" Tomasini, former Director of the School.  The UI administration team joined the effort (left to right): Sandy Boyd; Doug True, Vice President for Finance and University Services; Jon Whitmore, Provost; David J. Skorton, Vice President for Research and External Relations; and Phillip Jones, Vice President for Student Services and Dean of Students. This building project is part of the UI's $850 million comprehensive campaign, which will run through 2005 and is being conducted under the guidance of the UI Foundation. Named Good. Better. Best. Iowa: The Campaign to Advance Our Great University, the seven-year effort is raising private funds to help launch a variety of initiatives across the university, substantially increase the number of UI scholarships and endowed faculty positions, support new educational and research facilities, build the UI's endowment and fund outreach and service programs to benefit Iowans. The UI Foundation is acknowledged by the UI as a preferred channel for private contributions that benefit all areas of the university. For more information about the Good. Better. Best. Iowa campaign, visit its web site at www.GoodBetterBestIowa.org. Contact Information
Kristin Loupee Beckman Additional information about supporting the School of Art and Art History and other College of Liberal Arts and Sciences programs also is available on this site. |