The University of Missouri-Rolla's Millennium Arch, a sculpture by Edwina Sandys to be unveiled October 1, illustrates how art and engineering can unite to create a symbol of the future as well as the past. Standing 15 feet tall, the arch comprises two vertical stones supporting a third laying horizontally across them. The design evokes Britain's ancient Stonehenge.
Humans have power over what happens in the future more than they ever did.
The polished figures stand apart from the arch itself, while the empty spaces left in the arch create shadows on the ground. The sculpture was funded by 1955 UMR graduate Scott Porter, and will be dedicated in honor of Porter's late wife, Barbara, and his parents, local minister G. Scott Porter and Helen L. Porter. Porter says that he is honored to be involved in the project. Tina Kinasz is a former Prism editorial intern. Drawing Up a Future Maryam Miller Engineering and art will meet this fall when the University of Florida launches its Digital Arts and Sciences Program.