University to host Bee in the City
02 Jul 2018
University inspired bee sculpture to be installed in John Owens quad
The University has been named as one of a number of locations taking part in the Manchester wide free public art event ‘Bee in the City’.
More than 80 individually designed, super-sized bee sculptures will be located across the city as part of the art trail. The ‘Bee inspired’ University sculpture installed in the John Owens quad on Friday, 6 July and a student designed STEM sculpture displayed at the Blue Dot Festival and then Oxford Road Train Station later in the month.
Each Bee has been designed by a different artist and celebrates the unique buzz of Manchester, from its industrial heritage to its vibrant music scene.
Kate Eggleston-Wirtz, an American multi-disciplinary visual artist and published poet, has designed the University sculpture. Kate’s design uses various symbols to illustrate the University such as: an image of the world to demonstrate our global links and international investment in people; stars to represent the Jodrell Bank telescope and Stellify; hexagonal honeycomb lattice shapes to symbolise bees, nature and graphene.
Kelly Standford, who is graduating this summer in History of Art, designed the STEM bee sculpture. Kelly’s sculpture has had more than 80 signatures from University staff including President and Vice-Chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell. For those who missed their chance to sign the sculpture, Kelly will be holding a follow-up event on Friday, 13 July at the University Students Union from 8.00am-6.00pm.
The ‘Bee in the City’ art trail will run from Monday 23 July until Sunday 23 September.
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