Rice University to break ground on skyspace by artist James Turrell May 17

BY FRANZ BROTZEN
Rice News staff

Rice students, faculty and staff are invited to the May 17 groundbreaking ceremony for a skyspace, a major installation by celebrated artist James Turrell.

The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. in the green space between Rice’s Shepherd School of Music and Jones Graduate School of Business.

Construction will last through November and opening dates will be announced in late fall. The work will be a centerpiece of Rice’s public art program.

Speakers will include Rice Board of Trustees Chairman Jim Crownover ’65, President David Leebron, Art Director Molly Hipp Hubbard and alumna and Rice Trustee Suzanne Deal Booth ’77, whose multimillion-dollar gift allowed the university to commission the artwork.

For more information on the skyspace project and artist, click here.