{"id":124671,"date":"2020-06-24T09:10:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T15:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=124671"},"modified":"2022-02-10T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:22:18","slug":"photo-feature-student-sculpture-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=124671","title":{"rendered":"Photo Feature: Student sculpture artist brings 11 life-size aspen trees to University Village Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UCCS student Niki (Nicole) Puigdevall has been hard at work over the past few months creating eleven life-size sculptures of aspen trees for the 10th annual student public sculpture project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work, titled “Seasons Change, We Grow Together,” was installed on June 17, across the street from UCCS at the University Village Center. “It’s a really unique program and this year’s sculpture is a very ambitious scale,” says Matt Barton, associate professor and co-director of the visual art program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by her love for public artwork and recent events shaping our society, Puigedevall wanted to create a space for people to connect and enjoy beautiful art. “The aspen trees are a metaphor for the ways we are bound as a society,” says Puigdevall. “Just like the aspen trees are all connected at the roots, we are connected at the roots, and in order to see a bigger change in the world, we all have to individually make the change.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about the University Village Center student sculpture project, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first piece of the sculpture project goes up at the University Village Center. The tallest piece is eleven feet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Puigdevall watches as the crew continues to install the sculptures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A look inside one of the sculptures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Throughout the installation process, Puigdevall checks the sculptures for in case they are in need of touch-ups or quick fixes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A close up on the detail of one of the sculptures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Puigdevall directs the crew on the placement and rotation of the sculptures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The smallest sculpture which also holds the title of the project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Seasons Change, We Grow Together”, Artist: Niki Puigdevall, June 2020, “This public sculpture was made possible through a generous grant provided to Visual Art students at University of Colorado Colorado Springs by University Village Center.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A completed look of the sculpture project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Puigdevall (center), Jodie Bliss (left) and Kevin Kratt (right) sit on a rock in the middle of the sculptures.
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Puigdevall proudly hugs one of her sculptures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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