RALEIGH/RTP Location Old Revenue Building, 2 S. Salisbury Street, Main entrance lobby Artist Cary Esser and Al Frega Biography Al Frega has a BA degree from the State University of New York in Buffalo and a Master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received a North Carolina Arts Council Artist's Fellowship in 1994. He has exhibited his sculpture in numerous exhibitions throughout North Carolina and has created several temporary and permanent large-scale public commissions. Cary Esser has a BFA degree from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA degree from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She received a North Carolina Arts Council Artist's Fellowship in 1988. Her public commissions include ceramic tile murals for a high school in Maryland and a park in Sanford, NC. Title, date Rosettes; Relic/Altar, 2000 Artwork, media Sculpture and mural, using found metal objects, steel, ceramic tiles

Project Description Esser and Frega created a free-standing sculpture for the lobby. It contains a table constructed of found metal objects with a carved ceramic urn as a centerpiece. A wallwork for the lobby contains five panels, each composed of ceramic tiles placed into sculptured metal frames. Pre-selection panel Philip C. Freelon, architect, The Freelon Group, Inc.; David O. Bullock, assistant director, Design and Review, State Construction Office, Department of Administration; Jenny Moore, executive director, Green Hill Center for NC Art; Thomas Sayre, artist; Billy Lee, artist and associate professor of Art, UNC-Greensboro.