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<p><b>Name of Structure:</b> Jacob's Yard | |||
</p><p><b>Other Names:</b> The Millennium Sculpture Garden | |||
</p><p><b>Location:</b> Below the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Harriet%20Irving%20Library">Harriet Irving Library</a> | |||
</p><p><b>Date Unveiled:</b> N/A | |||
</p><p><b>Artist/Creator:</b> Various | |||
</p><p><b>Named for:</b> Edwin Jacob, president of King's College | |||
</p><p><b>Event/Occasion/Significance:</b> Combines artistic creativity and excellence with landscape renewal, linking past and present societies and establishing a space of unity and interdisciplinary enrichment. | |||
</p><p><b>Plaque Inscription/Text Associated:</b> | |||
</p><p><b>Notes:</b> Jacob's Yard is an outdoor gathering place in which visitors and residents of UNB can observe site-specific artworks by New Brunswick sculptors. The project was begun in [2000?] by Marie Maltais after she received a grant from the province to create a place to gather outdoors. "((unbarchivesandspecialcollections/La Response du Cheval|La Reponse du Cheval]] by Jacques Martin, was installed and unveiled in 2003. <a href="The%20Art%20of%20Conversation%20Reader%27s%20Bench">The Art of Conversation Reader's Bench</a>, unveiled in 2004, was funded by the graduating class of 2004 to honour Dr. Peter C. Kent and his contributions to the university on the occasion of his retirement. The <a href="Poets%27%20Corner">Poets' Corner</a> was also refurbished and was moved to a place of prominence within the yard in November 2012. One key objective of the project was to create a place where past and present society, and culture interweaves through a diversity of art and architecture. | |||
</p><p><b>Source(s):</b> | |||
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<li>UA Case 121. | |||
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<p>© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2013 | |||
[[Category:Monuments]] | |||
© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2013 | |||
Revision as of 13:10, 3 June 2014
Page Under Development
Name of Structure: Jacob's Yard
Other Names: The Millennium Sculpture Garden
Location: Below the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Harriet%20Irving%20Library">Harriet Irving Library</a>
Date Unveiled: N/A
Artist/Creator: Various
Named for: Edwin Jacob, president of King's College
Event/Occasion/Significance: Combines artistic creativity and excellence with landscape renewal, linking past and present societies and establishing a space of unity and interdisciplinary enrichment.
Plaque Inscription/Text Associated:
Notes: Jacob's Yard is an outdoor gathering place in which visitors and residents of UNB can observe site-specific artworks by New Brunswick sculptors. The project was begun in [2000?] by Marie Maltais after she received a grant from the province to create a place to gather outdoors. "((unbarchivesandspecialcollections/La Response du Cheval|La Reponse du Cheval]] by Jacques Martin, was installed and unveiled in 2003. <a href="The%20Art%20of%20Conversation%20Reader%27s%20Bench">The Art of Conversation Reader's Bench</a>, unveiled in 2004, was funded by the graduating class of 2004 to honour Dr. Peter C. Kent and his contributions to the university on the occasion of his retirement. The <a href="Poets%27%20Corner">Poets' Corner</a> was also refurbished and was moved to a place of prominence within the yard in November 2012. One key objective of the project was to create a place where past and present society, and culture interweaves through a diversity of art and architecture.
Source(s):
- UA Case 121.
© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2013