Our sculpture is finished!

UnEarthEd, our sculpture collaboration with UVA, is finished and we had our official unveiling this week.

For the unveiling we had the entire school as well as invited guests from UVA, our central office, and the community, gather together for the dedication.

The Daily Progress has a nice article discussing this sculpture and its purpose, and you can read the article here.

Check out some pictures from the final work to complete the sculpture as well as the unveiling and ceremony below.

Final Preparation before the mound is created

Earthen mound and sculpture are installed

The sculpture before the adobe bricks

Metal ballards(handrails) were installed

Creating the earthen mound with adobe bricks

The unveiling ceremony

All 600 students and 100+ adults attended the ceremony

There was a poem written and read in honor of the sculpture

The sculpture and mound visible in the background

As a part of the dedication students unearthed some artifacts during an archeological dig