- City:
- East Lansing, MI
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Artist:
- Samuel Cashwan
- Designer:
- Ralph R. Calder Architect and Associates
Description
“Samuel Cashwan, supervisor of the Michigan Sculpture Program for the WPA, designed the Art Deco limestone reliefs framing the southwest entrance. They depict images of dance and performance, such as children dancing to the beat of drums.”
Also featured on this post are four reliefs, located on the building’s southeast corner.
Source notes
https://artmuseum.msu.edu/wpa/WPA/pages/music.htm
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 8, 2017.
At this Location:
- Michigan State University: Auditorium - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University Museum: Frezell Mural - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Main Library Mural - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Music Building - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Music Building Sculpture - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Jenison Fieldhouse - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Terra Cotta Sculpture - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Campbell Hall - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Entrance Marker - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Union Building Mural - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Union Building Addition - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Olin Health Center - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Abbot Hall - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Giltner Hall - East Lansing MI
- Michigan State University: Band Shell (demolished) - East Lansing MI
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