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Innovation: George Rickey Kinetic Sculpture

Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

September 26, 2009-August 31, 2010

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Get ready for Innovation: This year, South Bend will celebrate the life and work of internationally renowned artist George Rickey in a collaboration unlike anything the city has ever seen. A native of South Bend, Rickey was the son of a mechanical engineer who worked for Singer Sewing Machine. His unique kinetic sculptures—work that combines art and engineering into what one critic describes as “a playground for the eyes”—are known throughout the world for their graceful, natural movement and sleek, stainless steel beauty. In Innovation: George Rickey Kinetic Sculpture, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art, South Bend Museum of Art, 1st Source Bank, and the George Rickey Foundation and the Estate of George Rickey have joined forces to bring a rich range of Rickey-related resources to our community during 2009 and 2010:

Public Art: Creating an easy-to-walk “Rickey Trail” through the heart of the business district, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County will place five large-scale Rickey sculptures in downtown South Bend for a year, beginning September 26, 2009.

Garden-Scale Sculptures and Major Indoor Exhibit: In a major exhibition that explores the artist’s life work, the South Bend Museum of Art will present 77 George Rickey paintings, drawings, and sculptures to the public. Titled George Rickey: Arc of Development, this portion of Innovation is sponsored by 1st Source Bank, AM General, Indiana Michigan Power, Teachers Credit Union and the Florence V. Carroll Charitable Trust Foundation. The South Bend Museum of Art’s exhibition will run from September 26, 2009 through January 10, 2010.

Symposium, Permanent Exhibit, Archives, and Catalog: The promised home of the George Rickey Sculpture Archive, Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art has a special relationship with the artist and his work. On September 25 and 26, 2009, Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art, the Department of American Studies, and the Department of Art, Art History and Design will convene a range of scholars in a symposium about George Rickey and public sculpture. 13 Rickey sculptures will be on exhibit at the Snite, and the museum will publish a catalog of all Rickey sculptures in its collection in September 2009.

Educational Outreach: Rickey’s work is an excellent opportunity to highlight the importance of cross-disciplinary education. A team of local college and university faculty with expertise in physics, mathematics, industrial design, and other sciences will be working with local middle school and high school teachers this summer to help develop a variety of age-appropriate teaching tools related to Innovation, and the museums will incorporate the sculptures into their existing outreach programs.

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  September 26, 2009-August 31, 2010

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  Downtown South Bend, IN 46601

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