NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, DURHAM Campus information: (919) 286-3366 Location Educational Technology Complex, Lobby Artist Mary Ann Mears Biography Mary Ann Mears has a B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College and an M.A. degree from New York University. She has completed numerous public and corporate art commissions, including works for the City of Baltimore and the State of Connecticut percent for art programs. Title, date Oasis Diffraction, 1998 Artwork, media Sculpture, painted aluminum Project Description A mobile sculpture made of painted aluminum will be suspended from the ceiling of the lobby of the Education Technology Complex. Objects and ideas related to campus life will make up the forms: the rib cage from a deer skeleton found in the school's laboratory, willow oak leaves, a Mobius strip, as well as wave patterns connecting the artwork to the broadcasting activities of the long distance learning center of the facility.

Pre-selection panel Wesley McClure, architect, O'Brien/Atkins Associates, P.A.; Ed McBride, director of Operations, NC School of Science and Mathematics; Joe Liles, art program head, NC School of Science and Mathematics; Acha Debela, professor of art and director of the Computer Center for the Arts, North Carolina Central University; Linda Johnson Dougherty, curator and arts writer. Ex-officio: David Bediz, student, NC School of Science and Mathematics, Jonathan Martin, Trustee, NC School of Science and Mathematics.