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BROCK COMMONS SCULPTURE PROGRAM
The Art Department and the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts are proud to announce an outdoor sculpture program for Brock Commons. Over the course of two years eight-ten sculptures will be placed on the Commons. Each piece will remain for two years. At which time a new piece will take its place. The first two of eight sculptures will be installed this spring. None of the works will be permanent nor be purchased by the University. This will insure that a variety of form, style, and content will be represented over the course of several years. Basically, if you don't like it, just wait and a new one will soon take its place!
The sculpture program purpose is to bring to campus contemporary art and artists to foster intellectual discourse, illuminate the creative process, and to provide an aesthetic environment in which the visual arts can be appreciated on a daily basis. Each semester two artists will complete a residency during which they will install their work with students, present collateral lectures and workshops for Longwood classes and student groups.
During the installation of the artworks, students enrolled in sculpture courses will work directly with individual professional sculptors, learning art making techniques, sculpture placement including safe handling of art materials, appropriate and secure public display strategies. In addition, students (both in class projects as well as through internships at the LCVA) from graphic design, art history, communication studies, English, and philosophy will be invited to participate in developing informative and aesthetic approaches to sculpture identification, interpretive information, and leading public tours of the works.
The Brock Commons Sculpture Program is made possible by the Longwood University Art Department , the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, the Office of the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the Office of Facilities Management.
Click here for details about the first two sculptures already in place >>