Vortex: new sculpture installed outside Mitchell Hall

Update | Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Crews installed a new sculpture entitled “Vortex” outside Mitchell Hall on May 12. The artwork is fabricated from aluminum plates and was designed by artists Jeanine Centuori and Russell Rock of UrbanRock Design. Vortex is designed to bridge the past and the future. In their proposal, the artists said, “Mt. Vernon Avenue’s community past is represented in the collection of place names and qualities, while Columbus State and the opportunities of education are shown through the verbs of action and growth. Together they are the blending of the history of the community and the futures to be discovered in education.” 

Funding for the sculpture was included in the original construction budget. Any public building in Ohio receiving $4 million or more in a capital appropriation, as Mitchell Hall did, is required to allocate one percent of the money for art.

 

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