Sarah Deppe with Athirst
The Public
Art League is proud to announce the installation of Athirst, a sculpture by Sarah Deppe. The Public Art League worked with the City of
Urbana to install the piece at the corner of Race and Griggs Streets on Friday, November 21. The sculpture was unveiled as part of Urbana's ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the improvements
to the Boneyard Creek at that location. Athirst
represents the 50th sculpture Public Art League has brought to the
community since 2010, and its installation is possible thanks to the generous
support of Mike & Connie Hosier and David & Janet Peshkin.
Sarah Deppe
received her BFA from the University of Northern Iowa and is currently an MFA
candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Deppe’s work has a strong environmental and
science component; she incorporates elements she has gathered, whether it be
natural, such as living plants, bark and wood, or reclaimed industrial
materials, such as textiles, rubber and plastics, into her work in some way. Her sculptures often have a dynamic, flowing
surface pattern created by the manipulation of these materials. She strives to juxtapose natural and man-made
materials to show a tension between the natural and industrial worlds.
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