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<br>Project backers selected sculptor Jay Hall Carpenter in a national design competition in December 2000. Carpenter was a sculptor for the Washington National Cathedral, creating more than 500 sculptures of gargoyles, saints and angels.<ref name=newsline>''[http://www.newsline.umd.edu/etcetera/hensonstatue092403.htm Maryland Newsline]'', a publication of the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism</ref>}} |
<br>Project backers selected sculptor Jay Hall Carpenter in a national design competition in December 2000. Carpenter was a sculptor for the Washington National Cathedral, creating more than 500 sculptures of gargoyles, saints and angels.<ref name=newsline>''[http://www.newsline.umd.edu/etcetera/hensonstatue092403.htm Maryland Newsline]'', a publication of the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism</ref>}} |
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| − | The unveiling ceremony was held on September 24th (Jim Henson's birthday), [[2003]], and featured a giant inflatable balloon of Kermit. NBC's [[Willard Scott]] emceed the event, and he and [[Jane Henson]] shared their reminiscences with the attendees. The unveiling was timed to coincide with the exhibit ''[[Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles (exhibit)|Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles]'', which took place at the The University's Hornbake Library from September 15 through December 19, 2003. |
+ | The unveiling ceremony was held on September 24th (Jim Henson's birthday), [[2003]], and featured a giant inflatable balloon of Kermit. NBC's [[Willard Scott]] emceed the event, and he and [[Jane Henson]] shared their reminiscences with the attendees. The unveiling was timed to coincide with the exhibit ''[[Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles (exhibit)|Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles]]'', which took place at the The University's Hornbake Library from September 15 through December 19, 2003. |
The statue was a gift from the UMD class of 1998, while the surrounding Henson Memorial Garden was a gift of the classes of 1994 and 1999. At the unveiling, Jane Henson said that the the Adele H. Stamp Student Union was a “fitting place” for the memorial because Henson had designed poster art there as an undergraduate.<ref name=newsline></ref> |
The statue was a gift from the UMD class of 1998, while the surrounding Henson Memorial Garden was a gift of the classes of 1994 and 1999. At the unveiling, Jane Henson said that the the Adele H. Stamp Student Union was a “fitting place” for the memorial because Henson had designed poster art there as an undergraduate.<ref name=newsline></ref> |
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Revision as of 22:33, 14 December 2009
A statue of Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog resides in front of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland, College Park, Henson's alma mater. According to Henson archivist Karen Falk, the notion of an on-campus memorial for Henson grew out of the exhibit The Muppets Take Maryland, which took place at the University in 1997.[1]
The unveiling ceremony was held on September 24th (Jim Henson's birthday), 2003, and featured a giant inflatable balloon of Kermit. NBC's Willard Scott emceed the event, and he and Jane Henson shared their reminiscences with the attendees. The unveiling was timed to coincide with the exhibit Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles, which took place at the The University's Hornbake Library from September 15 through December 19, 2003.
The statue was a gift from the UMD class of 1998, while the surrounding Henson Memorial Garden was a gift of the classes of 1994 and 1999. At the unveiling, Jane Henson said that the the Adele H. Stamp Student Union was a “fitting place” for the memorial because Henson had designed poster art there as an undergraduate.[2]
A documentary was produced on the conception and making of the statue, Jim Henson: Creator of Dreams.
Sources
- ↑ Clark, Thomas D., telephone interview with Karen Falk, December 10, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maryland Newsline, a publication of the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism