There is a stunning piece of sculpture at the University of Montevallo created by Ted Metz, an art professor, and forty of his students. The piece, entitled “Becoming” is explained in a UM brochure in these terms:
“The younger hand, that of the student, reaches skyward. It’s pose and size suggest the potential for continuous growth and development.
The more mature hand, that of the teacher, appears to have been guiding the student’s hand but has now fallen back, representing a new role of support for the student.
The space separating the hands represents the student’s graduation, the event when the student takes what he as learned into the next phase of life.”
The sculpture was dedicated on February 15, 2003 on the UM campus opposite Bowers Colonnade on the corner of the King House quad.
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Jodi L. Milner, Author 