NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, WINSTON-SALEM Campus information: Location New Main Entrance Artists Jim Hirschfield and Sonya Ishii Biography Jim Hirschfield has a B.F.A. from the Kansas City Art Institute and an M.F.A. degree from the University of Oregon in Eugene. He is currently an associate professor in the Art Department at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Sonya Ishii has a B.F.A. degree from the University of Oregon in Eugene and has studied at the School of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Washington in Seattle. Working both with Hirschfield and separately, she has been awarded numerous public art commissions, including major works for the City of Atlanta Detention Center in Georgia and the Broward Corridor Streetscape Project in Ft. Launderdale, Florida. Title, date To be completed in the summer of 1998 Artwork, media Sculpture, mixed media

Project Description Four obelisk sculptures will be placed in a lawn area adjacent to the main entrance of the campus. An image, laser cut in steel, creates a line drawing which will decorate each side of the obelisk. The images are inspired by Edward Muybridge's photographic studies of movement. The steel cutouts will give the viewer the full sequence of action as he or she walks around the sculpture. Steps rest at the base of the obelisks, representing the first steps each student takes at school. A lamp, placed in the base of each obelisk, will radiate from the sculpture through the laser cut line drawings. The artists have described the sculptures as metaphors for the school's philosophy of dedication and commitment to the arts. Pre-selection panel Steve Hepler, architect, Lee, Nichols, Hepler Architecture; Clyde Fowler, director, Visual Arts Program, NCSA; Martha Dunigan, Visual Arts Program, NCSA; Susan Lubowsky Talbott, director, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art; Alex C. Ewing, Chancellor, NCSA; Sam Grogg, Dean, School of Filmmaking, NCSA; William Parrish, director of Physical Plant, NCSA; Peter Van Denend, student, Visual Arts Program, NCSA.