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New Sculptures Coming to WSSU Campus
by Sam Davis
Three new sculptures will adorn the
campus of Winston-Salem State University
in the near future, says Ms. Mitzi
Shewmake of the university’s Department
of Art.
In a surprise move on Wednesday, Dec.
7, a distinguished jury of curators conven
ing on the campus to pick one sculpture as
winner of the 1984 national competition
were deadlocked between three excellent
entries. The jury said each of the three
models submitted by the finalists were ex
cellent works of art and would enhance the
scenic beauty of the campus.
Mr. Gordan Hanes, former trustee of the
university and sponsor of the Sculpture
Garden Competition, informed of the
jury’s decision said he would find suffi
cient money to absorb the expense of pro
ducing the three sculptures. Two of the
sculptures, one by Roberto Bertoia of
Windsor, Ontario, Canada and the other by
Beverly Buchanon of Macon, Georgia will
be produced early next year and will ar
rive on the campus by May of 1984. The
other work, which built by Tyrone Mitchell
of New York City, will be finished by early
1985.
“At first we were concerned that we
would not get any sculpture models that
would be of the excellent quality such as
that of Mel Bennett’s work,” says Hanes
referring to the piece of sculpture already
on the campus. “But after receiving the
excellent models that we had from our
finalists, the jury felt that each would be a
welcome addition to our sculpture garden.
Rather than have the competition over the
next couple of years to pick one piece of
sculpture per year, we decided to make a
decision on all three now and not have to
worry about the entries in the future.”
Hanes also says that much of the ex
pense of bringing sculpture to the campus
would be avoided. “Over half of the ex
pense of the Sculpture Garden Competition
comes from getting models from all the en
tries and bringing in the jury twice for
each competition,” says Hayes. “It also
cuts down on the amount of work that the
Art Department and I have to do.”
The jury, consisting of David Collens,
director/curator at storm King Art Center
in Mountainville, New York, Jean
Feinberg, assistant curator at Nesleyan
University’s Zilkha University in Mid
dletown, Connecticut and Lowery Sims,
associate curator of 20th Century Arts’
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
City announced their decision on Wednes
day, Dec. 7.
Each of the sculptures chosen to come to
Winston-Salem State comes from in
dividuals with excellent backgrounds in
the “fine arts.” Bertoia is an assistant pro
fessor of art at Cornell University. His
works have been shown in numerous ex
hibits and in 1981-82 he now awarded on
Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation
grant. His entree is a spherical, wooden
sculpture made of cherry.
Ms. Buchanon is artist in residence at
the Museum of Arts and Sciences, in
Macon, Georgia. She has shown her works
Mel Bennett’s sculpture. “Southern
Sunrise,” will soon be complemented by
three new pieces on the WSSU campus.
The three new sculptures were all winners
in the 1984 Sculpture Garden Competition.
in many exhibits and written several ar
ticles for publication. A graduate of Ben
nett College and Columbia University, Ms.
Buchanon was awarded a National Endow
ment for the Arts Fellowship and a Gug
genheim Fellowship in 1980. Her model is
made of pink granite and will consist of
three semetrical configurations.
Mitchell of New York City, has had
works in more than 30 exhibitions and
received numerous grants awards and
fellowships. His most recent grants were
awarded this year by Change, Inc. and Ar
tists Space. Mitchell’s model is a circular
environmental structure, made of cor-ten
steel.
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