Cultivating a Collection: Art on Campus in Public Gardens

Speaker: 
Sydney Marshall
 
02 Oct 2025
 
6:00 PM
 
Garden Room, Reiman Gardens
Co-sponsors: 
  • Reiman Gardens
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

University Museums' Art on Campus Collection is one of the largest public art collections on a college campus in the nation. This session focuses on the sculpture located in the public gardens on campus, and the distinctive commissioning method for these works of art.

Art on Campus Curator Sydney Marshall will explore examples of art from Reiman Gardens and the Anderson Sculpture Garden located in the heart of campus. She will discuss the commissioning process, as well as the care and maintenance of these remarkable pieces within the collection.

Note: This lecture will not be recorded.