New outdoor sculpture donated for exhibition at Stevens
NJ artist Beth Morris on will donate ‘sunkiss’ to campus
HOBOKEN , N.J. — Stevens Institute of Technology will receive a new addition to its collection of outdoor sculptures as New Jersey artist, Beth Morris on, donates her large piece, “ sunkiss,” for an exhibition on the campus. The piece is a wooden sphere, four feet in diameter, which loosely resembles an orange with a slice removed. Constructed of pine and skinned with Siberian birch bark, the sculpture serves a dual purpose as a restful seat for visitors. Over time, the artist anticipates a natural process of aging will alter the piece. It was recently featured in the 2006 juried outdoor sculpture exhibition “Out There” at the Newark Museum (July 3 to Oct. 22, 2006 ). The donation of “ sunkiss” was facilitated by Julie Harrison , Director of the Art & Technology program at Stevens, an emerging field that spans across multiple disciplines, including both the technical and scientific communities as well as fine arts.
A resident of Jersey City , Morris on has been creating installations and object sculpture for 10 years. She is regularly included in exhibitions throughout the New York-metropolitan and the Mid-Atlantic regions. Along with “Out There” in 2006, Morris on participated for the third time in the biannual invitational, “ Art ists in Dialogue with the Landscape,” at Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely, Md. and will be featured in the November “Book Art s Symposium” at Rutgers University ’s Newark campus. Other notable exhibitions include 2004’s “Mix in the Bricks,” juried by sculptor Chakaia Booker in Newark’s National Newark Building, and the first juried outdoor sculpture exhibition at Johns Hopkins’ Evergreen House, “Sculpture at Evergreen,” in 2000. Morris on received her Bachelor of Fine Art s from Maryland Institute, College of Art , in 2000.
For further information about the artist, visit www.bethmorrison.com. For additional information about the Art & Technology program at Stevens, contact Julie Harrison at Julie.Harrison@stevens. edu.About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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