Student Center Glass Sculpture Reception Set for Feb. 5
Release Date: 01-28-2009
Author: Jay P. Goyette
Email: Jay.Goyette@uvm.edu
Phone: 802/656-0726 Fax: 656-3203
The public is invited to the opening reception for "Emergence," the striking glass-blown sculpture that hangs above the atrium of UVM's Dudley H. Davis Center created by Ethan Bond-Watts, a senior majoring in environmental studies.
The event, sponsored by the university's Office of Alumni and Parent Programs and the Dudley H. Davis Center, will be held Thursday, Feb. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m., in the Livak Fireplace Lounge, 4th floor of the Dudley H. Davis Center, with remarks by the artist at 6 p.m.
The large, colorful piece was commissioned last year by the Class of 2008 as their parting gift to the university. State representative Kesha Ram, a member of the Class of 2008, will introduce the artist.
Four years as an apprentice and travel to work with a number of the world's top glass artists preceded Bond-Watt's undergraduate study in UVM's Environmental Program. In describing his concept for the Davis Center sculpture, he says that the piece strives to evoke the intermeshed swirl of the natural world.
Information: (802) 656-2010.
Watch a UVM Today video about the sculpture, and see photos from the installation on UVM Today's Flickr page.