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'''Name of Structure:''' Jacob's Yard | |||
'''Other Names:''' The Millennium Sculpture Garden | |||
'''Location:''' Below the [[Harriet Irving Library]] | |||
'''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. [[unbarchivesandspecialcollections/The Art of Conversation Reader's Bench|The Art of Conversation Reader's Bench,]] 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 [[unbarchivesandspecialcollections/Poets' Corner|Poets' Corner ]]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 | |||
Revision as of 14:10, 3 June 2014
Page Under Development
Name of Structure: Jacob's Yard
Other Names: The Millennium Sculpture Garden
Location: Below the Harriet Irving Library
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. The Art of Conversation Reader's Bench, 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 Poets' Corner 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