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Beihold, E. (2019, February 18). New Muir College Art Piece to Celebrate LGBTQIA+ and Indigenous Community. The Triton. Retrieved from http://triton.news/2019/02/new-muir-college-art-piece-celebrate-lgbtqia-indigenous-community/ Muir College is installing a 3-D metal art piece titled When the World Comes to Life this winter. The initiative was spearheaded by former Associated Students Muir College Senators Alexandra Harbert and Roy Velasquez. The artistic renovation will be bolted to the Stewart Commons Wall, between Middle of Muir and Muir’s community garden. “We first thought of [the art piece] surrounding Muir College’s motto, ‘celebrating the independent spirit,’ and [tied] that into themes of the body, the self, and sexuality, since the LGBTQIA+ Living Learning Community is located within Muir,” said Velasquez. After brainstorming alongside the interns at the LGBTQIA+ Resource Center, Harbert and Velasquez agreed that the art piece would not only pay homage to the students involved at the center, but touch on the idea of sustainable communities. Named after famous environmentalist John Muir, the college holds environmental sustainability as one of its core focuses. In addition, Harbert and Velasquez believed that it was crucial for the piece to acknowledge that UC San Diego was built upon Kumeyaay land. To fulfill this goal, they visited the on-campus Intertribal Resource Center to seek out artists from the Kumeyaay tribe. After explaining the goals of the art piece to Elena Hood, inaugural director of the Intertribal Resource Center, and Stan Rodriguez, a member of the Kumeyaay tribe, Rodriguez recommended that they contact Kumeyaay artist Johnny Bear. The expected completion date of When the World Comes to Life is in June 2019. UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
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