Trent University is inviting the public to a free event on the Symons Campus in Peterborough on Thursday (October 27) that celebrates the university’s public sculpture initiative.
The initiative launched in September 2018 during Artsweek Peterborough with the installation of artist Shayne Dark’s sculpture entitled “This Column Ends” just inside the entrance of Symons Campus. The brilliant blue sculpture, featuring 14 disk-shaped modules forming a tower, has been designated by Heritage Canada as a work of outstanding significance and national importance.
The public sculpture initiative collection, valued at more than $700,000, also features 10 additional sculptures, including a bronze bust of former Trent chancellor and author Margaret Laurence by artist Almuth Lütkenhaus and two sculptures entitled “Portal” by Canadian artist and Trent alumnus David James installed on campus in 2012,
Other sculptures in the collection include “The Parting of the Waters” by Cecil Richards, “Inuksuk” by Angaangaq Lyberth (a Kalaallit Inuk from Greenland), “Garden Remembrance” by Ron and Lynda Baird, “Corphéum XIII” by Claude Millette, “House of Sticks” by Peter Powning, “Dead Reckoning Monumental” by David Robinson, and “La Porte d’Or” (The Golden Door) by André Fournelle.
The October 27th celebration will begin at 4 p.m. at the student centre next to Bata Library at 1600 West Bank Drive with an hour-long reception and presentations from artists David James and André Fournelle as well as Otonabee College principal Dr. Jessica Becking.
Following the presentations, participants will be invited to join a walking tour to see all 11 sculptures. The event will conclude around 6:30 p.m.
VIDEO: Installation of Shayne Dark’s “This Column Ends” (September 21, 2018)
While the event is free to attend, registration is required at mycommunity.trentu.ca/psiregistration.
For more information about Trent University’s public sculpture initiative, including a map of the walking tour, visit mycommunity.trentu.ca/publicsculpture.
