BUTNER Location Murdoch Center, Meadowview Cottage, outside front entrance Artist Be Gardiner Biography This artist received a BA degree in religion from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied at the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Michigan and the SGF Scuola Scultura di Torano in Carrara, Italy. He has had many private and public commissions and has guest lectured and taught at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina and the Carving Studio in Rutland, Vermont. Title, date Vessel, 1994 Artwork, media Sculpture, marble Can be seen from street

Project Description A large sculpture made of marble stands in the entrance pathway of Meadowview Cottage. Gardiner designed this work as part of his “Guardian Angel” series that depicts protective figures covered in cloaks and cowls. A gentle face is cut out of the marble, revealing the raw interior of the stone. Gardiner says, “I have been working on a series of sculptures, Guardian Angels, that I think of as intercessors between the mundane and the transcendent. They are neither totally of this world nor removed from it and they, at their best, serve as signposts while also filling the space around themselves with a certain degree of peace.” Pre-selection panel Richard Bell, landscape architect, Bell-Glazener Design Group; J. Michael Hennike, director, Murdoch Center; Beverly McIver, artist and visiting lecturer in art, North Carolina Central University; J. Paul Sires, artist and Carl Winstead, architect, Clearscapes Architecture.