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Lyrical Light Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2006
Gift to City Created by JU Faculty and Students: Glass Sculpture at T-U Center for Performing Arts
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville University College of Fine Arts and The Haskell Company this week will install a large-scale public glass and stainless steel sculpture, Lyrical Light, in the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Jacksonville.
The sculpture, which is being presented as a gift to the city from JU, was created over the past year by JU faculty members and students. The sculpture will be hung from the ceiling of the glass-walled Uible Lobby, which faces the St. Johns River. After the placement of the primary structure, the stainless steel spiral helix, faculty and students will attach the cobalt blue glass “horn” pieces. Lighting for the piece will be installed near the end of the week.
The sculpture weighs nearly 4,000 pounds, is 100 feet in length, and consists of 600 individual blue glass horns attached to the spiral steel frame.
Professor of Art Caroline Madden and Artist-In-Residence Jonathan Christie, protege of the famous Dale Chihuly, headed up the creative design team for the public glass commission. Brumos Motor Cars, Inc. funded the project. JU has worked closely with the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville and the Art in Public Places Program, and with Bob Papke of SMG, director of the Times-Union Center, throughout the design, planning, and installation process. A dedication event is being planned for the near future. More details will be forthcoming.
Call Olga Bayer at 904-256-7033 in the JU University Marketing & Communications Office for more detailed information about the installation timetable.