ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY, ELIZABETH CITY Campus information: (252) 335-3400 Location Fine Arts and Mass Communications Building, Exterior walkway Artist Lisa Kaslow Biography Lisa Kaslow has completed more than 40 public art commissions since 1978 -- each inspired by the identity of the local community. She collaborates with design teams and the community to create freestanding sculpture, collaborative site design elements and outdoor furniture. Title, date Folkway, 2000 projected completion date Artwork, media Screen panels, painted steel

Project Description Kaslow will create a project with themes of unity and diversity through a series of seven metal screens. The screens will be installed between pilasters of the arcade that connect the Fine Arts Building to an adjoining building. The screens, which act as a backdrop to the amphitheater adjacent to the arcade, will contain designs derived from the traditional folk art patterns of many cultures and regions around the world. Pre-selection panel Harvey Gantt, architect, Gantt Huberman Architects; Jenny McIntosh, chair, ECSU Art Department; Nancy Blass, artist, public school art teacher and board member, Pasquotank County Arts Council; James Gadson, professor of art, UNC-Chapel Hill; Will Hinton, artist, chairman, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Louisburg College. Ex-officio: Roger McLean, Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance, ECSU; Billy Hines, director of choral activities, ECSU; Ruth Ann Gibbons, student, ECSU.