ABOUT THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE

The Public Art Committee utilizes art to embody an experience and delivers a platform for audience engagement and reflection. As part of its efforts to engage audiences of all backgrounds in recognizing the full context of Virginia Tech’s histories, the Public Art Committee will develop public art exhibitions representing Virginia Tech’s marginalized communities and their roles in shaping the university at Solitude and the Fraction Family House.

COMMISSIONING PUBLIC ART AT VIRGINIA TECH

Public Art

The Public Art Committee's global call for creative proposals illustrating ways historically marginalized communities have and will continue to shape Virginia Tech yielded four final works proposed for commissioning on the university's Blacksburg campus.  

MEMBERSHIP OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE

Chair: C.L. Bohannon, Associate Director, School of Architecture + Design; Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture | College of Architecture and Urban Studies

  • Samuel Blanchard, Associate Professor, School of Visual Arts; Chair, Studio Art; Assistant Director, Planning | College of Architecture and Urban Studies
  • Sam Cook, Director, American Indian Studies; Associate Professor, Sociology | College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
  • Jenni Gallagher, Ph.D. Candidate, History | College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
  • Brian Katen, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture | College of Architecture and Urban Studies
  • Jennifer Lawrence, Assistant Professor of Political Science | College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
  • Meghan Marsh, Communications Manager, Office for Strategic Affairs | Office of the President
  • Anza Mitchell, Graduate Student, Science Education | College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences