George Rickey sculptures and papers permanently placed in Snite Museum and University Archives | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › George Rickey sculptures and papers permanently placed in Snite Museum and University Archives George Rickey sculptures and papers permanently placed in Snite Museum and University Archives Published: September 21, 2006 Author: Julie Hail Flory A collection of scholarly and artistic works by the late American sculptor and South Bend native George Rickey will be permanently placed in the University of Notre Dames Archives and Snite Museum of Art, according to a new agreement between the George Rickey Foundation and the University. The artworks consist of 20 sculptures – one outdoor and 19 indoor – which will be installed within the museums sculpture courtyard and entrance atrium next summer. The Snite also will publish a catalog of its entire George Rickey collection and organize events pertaining to the artists life and work. The archival material includes Rickeys personal and business correspondences, along with published and unpublished works. The collection features engineering drawings and specifications, photographs, films and a computer database of the artists sculptures, as well as published essays on various topics. The University Archives will organize and make the material available for study and research by international scholars and the Rickey Foundation will utilize the information to publish a complete catalog of the artists works. The son of an engineer and the grandson of a clock maker, Rickey was born in 1907 and left South Bend six years later when his family moved to Scotland. Educated at Trinity College in Glenalmond, Scotland, and at Balliol College and the Ruskin School of Drawing at Oxford, he was a painter and an art history teacher at the Groton School before coming to sculpture late in his career. He died in 2002. A pioneer in the field of kinetic art, Rickeys sculptures feature stainless steel forms activated and balanced by meticulously engineered counterweights and bearings as well as by air currents and gravitational pull. His works have been included in many private and corporate collections throughout the world, in such public spaces as Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport, and in most major art museums. The Snite Museum is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays and holidays. Admission is free. More information on the Snite Museum and its exhibits is available on the Web at www.nd.edu/~sniteart . Contact: Chuck Loving, director and curator, George Rickey Sculpture Archive, 574-631-5466, cloving@nd.edu TopicID: 19322 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn