“Geometry in a Box” by Samuel E Burns

July 20, 2010

PUBLIC ART CHATTANOOGA ANNOUNCES INSTALLATION OF TWO SCULPTURES AT JEFFERSON HEIGHTS PARK
Chattanooga, Tenn. – Public Art Chattanooga is pleased to announce that two sculptures have been installed at Jefferson Heights Park. Works by local artists Samuel Burns and R. Michael Wimmer were selected in the spring by an art selection panel composed of Public Art Chattanooga Committee members, District 7 Public Art Committee members, neighborhood residents, and professionals involved in the redevelopment of the park. The sculptures were installed in July and will be on view through December 2011. They are being funded through a generous grant from the Lyndhurst Foundation.
Samuel Burns’s sculpture is entitled “Geometry in a Box” and made of painted aluminum. The piece is part of an ongoing series of welded abstract geometrical forms. Michael Wimmer’s work is called “Balance of Things, Past and Present.” Wimmer’s mixed media piece is his first public art project and speaks to the history of Jefferson Heights Park as the former site of Jefferson Street Elementary School (later named the William J. Davenport School).
The sculptures are welcome additions to Jefferson Heights Park, which has been newly redesigned to include a pavilion, community garden beds, walking paths, a picnic and playground area, and a volleyball court.