Holdings:
* UM-System
* Columbia
Box 1-UMLD1
Call Number:
(C:6/46/3)
Installation of John Brough Miller's "Yielding Spire."
UMC Archives, C:6/46/3.
Record Group: 6 C
Record Sub-Group: 36
Records Title: UMC; College of Arts and Science; School of Fine Arts; Lowry Mall Sculpture Project Records
Dates: 1981-1985
Volume: 1/3 cubic foot, 0.42 linear foot
Scope and Content Note
(A98-108)
This Record Sub-Group contains correspondence, photographs, slides and clippings regarding the Lowry Mall Sculpture Project at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Among the topics covered by records in this Sub-Group are the search for prospective artists, solicitation for funding and the location of the sculptures.
Historical Note:
The Lowry Mall Sculpture Project consists of three sculptures, "Urania" by Anthony Padovano, "Inert Stabile," by Dennis Chegwidden and "Yielding Spire," by John Brough Miller. Only Miller's sculpture remains on Lowry Mall. Chegwidden's "Inert Stabile" has been moved to the grassy knoll in front of Ellis Library and Padovano's "Urania" has been moved to a landscaped area near Stankowski field.
The selection and installation of these sculptures was overseen by the Visual Arts Task Force, which included prominent School of Fine Arts faculty members and patrons of the arts. Task force members were:
Professor Lawrence Rugolo, Chairman
Professor William Bondeson
Professor James Miller
Professor Catherine Parke
Professor Ted Tarkow
Professor Richard Helmick
Professor Osmund Overby
Mr. Bill Irwin
Ms. Karen Howard
Mr. Bill Summers
Installation of Dennis Chegwidden's Inert Stabile."
UMC Archives, C:6/46/3.
Series Descriptions:
This Sub-Group is not divided into separate record series. Arrangement within the Sub-Group retains the creating office's original order.
Inventory
FF 1 - Prospective Sites - four photocopied maps and photographs of Lowry Mall
FF 2 - Visual Arts Task Force Correspondence, 1981 - correspondence concerning possible sculptors, meetings, task force recruitment, preliminary funding search, planning details, workshops, inclusion of local artists and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
FF 3 - Visual Arts Task Force Correspondence, 1982 - correspondence regarding members of the task force
FF 4 - Visual Arts Task Force Correspondence, 1983 - correspondence regarding selected artists and sculptures, delivery of sculpture marquettes, funding from the Missouri Arts Council, expense reports, summation of task force activities, meetings with Chancellor Barbara Uehling, sculptors' visit to MU, solicitation letter for sculptures and task force subcommittee meetings
FF 5 - Visual Arts Task Force Correspondence, 1984 - resignation of Dick Helmick from task force, selected artists, funding from Missouri Arts Council, site plans, summation of task force activities, cost of sculptures, dedication of sculptures, funding from Student Capital Improvements, press releases, meetings with Chancellor Uehling, NEA, installation of sculptures and placement of sculptures
Installation of John Brough Miller's "Yielding Spire."
UMC Archives, C:6/46/3
FF 6 - Funding Search - Missouri Arts Council, 1982 - correspondence regarding the proposal submitted to the Missouri Arts Council, application guidelines and a copy of the proposal
FF 7 - Funding Search - Missouri Arts Council, 1983 - correspondence with program administrator Claudia Daugherty, denial of funding requests and application for program assistance
FF 8 - Funding Search - Missouri Arts Council, 1983-1984 Fiscal Year - correspondence and applications regarding revised Lowry Mall Sculpture Project Proposal
FF 9 - Funding Search - National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), 1984 - pamphlets regarding the Art in Public Places Visual Arts Program, preliminary correspondence regarding the application process, short biographies of task force members, letters of intent, application packets for funding, as well as photocopy maps and photographs of Lowry Mall, Lowry Street and selected sculptures in prospective locations
FF 10 - Funding Search - Miscellaneous Foundations - lists of prospective foundations, project proposal, gift solicitation forms, correspondence with Chancellor Barbara Uehling, evaluation of possible funding sources, foundation profiles and individual profiles
Installation of Dennis Chegwidden's "Inert Stabile."
UMC Archives, C:6/46/3.
FF 11 - Preliminary Research - sample photographs and articles about art in public places, brochures and slides of prospective artists and a copy of Sculptors International
FF 12 - Artists Search - Prospective Artists - brochures, lists of prospective artists and sculptures, slides and correspondence with various artists including Richard Hunt, Linda Howard and Hans Van de Bovenkamp
FF 13 - Selected Artists - News, 1984 - clippings from the Columbia Missourian and press releases regarding selected artists and sculptures
FF 14 - Selected Artists - Contracts, 1984 - copies of standard contract given to selected artists
Anthony Padovano's "Urania."
UMC Archives, C:6/46/3.
FF 15 - Selected Artists - John Brough Miller - includes slides of the installation of "Yielding Spire," photographs of sculpture marquettes, technical data, contracts, brochures of the artist's work, slides of other sculptures by Miller and correspondence with Miller
FF 16 - Selected Artists - Dennis Chegwidden - includes slides of the installation of "Inert Stabile," contracts, correspondence with Cheggwiden and slides of other sculptures by Chegwidden
FF 17 - Selected Artists - Anthony Padovano - contains slides of marquettes for "Urania," technical drawing of proposed design base, mock-ups of "Urania" in its prospective site and correspondence with Padovano
Installation of John Brough Miller's "Yielding Spire."
UMC Archives, C:6/46/3.
