{"id":13220,"date":"2012-05-22T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=13220"},"modified":"2012-05-22T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T15:22:48","slug":"student-artist-reflects-the-growing-mind-with-library-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2012\/05\/22\/student-artist-reflects-the-growing-mind-with-library-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"Student artist reflects \u201cThe Growing Mind\u201d with library sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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"The Growing Mind," a large sculpture now on display outside the Dunbar Library, was created by senior art major Megan Dooley-Smallwood<\/p><\/div>\n

From the roots of knowledge comes a wave of understanding.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the concept of The Growing Mind<\/em>, a large sculpture currently on display near the entrance to the Dunbar Library. It was created by senior art major Megan Dooley-Smallwood for a class in expanded media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just felt like our campus environment craves art,\u201d said Dooley-Smallwood.<\/p>\n

The project took several weeks from conception to completion. Before she even began creating the piece, Dooley-Smallwood had to get approval from both the University Libraries and Facilities Planning and Development. Next, she refined her design through several sketches and small-scale models. The final product was designed to be quite tall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more I work, the larger my work gets, which is great because there aren\u2019t many large-scale sculptures in this area,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

For practicality and transportation, the sculpture was designed in two pieces: a plaster base resembling the roots of a tree and steel framework with hand-dyed fabric petals.<\/p>\n

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Dooley-Smallwood spend more then nine hours hand-sewing the fabric petals to the steel frame.<\/p><\/div>\n

Welding the frame took her three weeks\u2014\u201cWelding gives me so much joy\u201d\u2014while more than nine hours were spent hand-sewing the fabric petals to the frame. Dooley-Smallwood gives credit for the petals\u2019 pink and purple colors to her three-year-old daughter, Samantha, to whom the sculpture is dedicated.<\/p>\n

The name of the piece, The Growing Mind<\/em>, was a reaction to both the ivy that grows on the library walls and to Dooley-Smallwood\u2019s evolution as an artist over the course of her education.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about relating the organic growth around us to the internal growth of our minds as we learn,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Growing Mind<\/em> will remain on display until mid-June, after Dooley-Smallwood\u2019s graduation from Wright State. The artist hopes to establish her own studio in the area and continue working as a sculptor.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, art is based on the amount of yourself that you invest in your work,\u201d she said. \u201cAnything that comes from within you\u2014that you\u2019re passionate about\u2014is art.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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