Southwestern University in Georgetown will bring together art experts and leaders to commission a landmark art piece for the SU 560 mixed-use development, according to a July 7 news release from the university.
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Art curator Miki Garcia, director of the Arizona State University Art Museum, and cultural strategist Andras Szanto will lead the initiative, which will also include a newly formed council of professionals in the arts, higher education, business and philanthropy fields.
The university will commission the public art project, which will be a gateway piece that welcomes visitors, the release states.
“Rooted in Southwestern University’s long legacy of education and culture, SU 560 is a place that honors where we’ve been while creating space for what’s next,” Southwestern University President Laura Skandera Trombley said in the release. “A landmark artwork will provide the front door to this vision. It welcomes every visitor, tells our story, and creates a lasting sense of place that will define SU 560 for generations to come.”
About the development
SU 560 plans to integrate retail, offices, research facilities, housing, arts, green space and trails on a 560-acre tract of land directly east of the university.
The first phase of the development includes apartments, space for a hotel and conference center, and the planned city of Georgetown Customer Service Center.
