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Images from the Art Building West dedication
Posted September 21, 2006
Related information: Dedication news release
IOWA CITY -- Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and art lovers gathered on Friday, September 8, 2006, for the dedication of Art Building West. The new $21.5 million facility comprises 70,000 square feet and sits on Riverside Drive next to a river bluff, with a portion of the building straddling the Hutchinson Quarry Pond.
Below are photos from the dedication day festivities.
A series of celebratory columns were set up by members of the 3D Design class.
The columns were created specifically for the dedication.
They were removed at the end of the day.
A walk-through tour with architect Steven Holl attracted media attention.
Students converge with the tour.
The gallery space in Art Building West that will feature student works. During the dedication, the gallery showcased faculty works being auctioned in support of students.
Steven Holl leads the way on the second floor of the atrium.
Professor John Beldon Scott (right) and Steven Holl outside the second floor art library.
Steven Holl.
The tour moves to the Undergraduate Painting Studio on the third floor, which features skylights for natural lighting.
Professor Wallace Tomasini at the faculty luncheon.
Vito Acconci (1964 M.F.A.), a sculptor, installation artist, and architect from New York City, with Steven Holl.
The dedication symposium, "Fuzzy Edges: Between Art and Architecture," was held in the second floor auditorium.
Steven Holl.
Vito Acconci and students on the ground level terrace that overlooks the quarry pond.
Second floor art library.
Graduate student carrels in the second floor art library.
The art library.
The speakers prior to the dedication ceremony:
Dorothy Johnson, Roy J. Carver Professor and Director, School of Art and Art History; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Linda Maxson; Rose Vasquez, Board of Regents, State of Iowa; Anita Walker, Director, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs; UI Interim President Gary Fethke; and UI Foundation President Lynette Marshall.
Aaron Richardson, Studio Art graduate student, Steven Holl, and Linda Maxson.
Dorothy Johnson.
Lynette Marshall.
Gary Fethke.
Rose Vasquez.
Linda Maxson.
Aaron Richardson.
Heidi Kraus, graduate student in Art History.
The actual ribbon cutting: Professor Steve Thunder McGuire, Dorothy Johnson, Steven Holl, Linda Maxson, Gary Fethke, and John Beldon Scott.
Unveiling the new sculpture by Richard Artschwager, New York.
The sculpture is located on the deck above Hutchinson Quarry Pond.
Richard Artschwager.
Festivities continued on the first floor corridor overlooking the quarry pond.
Steven Holl signs a book for Mary New, wife of former UI Foundation President Michael New.
Steven Holl with the dramatic cantilevered wing that contains a two-story turquoise reading room.
Contact Information
Margaret Reese
Director of Development, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
(319) 335-3305 or (800) 648-6973
Additional information about supporting the School of Art and Art History also is available on this site.
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