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Hickory Ridge Middle School
Gordon Huether, 2001, an original work owned and commissioned by the Memphis Board School Board of Education, Memphis, Tennessee

Public Art in Public Schools. Memphis City Schools has passed a resolution setting aside a voluntary percent-for-art for new school construction to increase the quality of Memphis City School buildings and to promote an atmosphere in which the arts play a fundamental role in education. The UAC is providing Memphis City Schools with administrative oversight of the art enhancements. The Board of Education designated three schools, Holmes Road Elementary in Whitehaven, Hickory Ridge Middle School and Germanshire Elementary, as trial projects for this program. Artist Carol DeForest worked with students on an urban archeology-based project for Germanshire. Chris Condon worked with students to design limestone sculptures for the courtyard of Holmes Elementary. Gordon Huether worked with students to design glass panels for the glass curtain wall in the Hickory Ridge Middle School cafeteria. All of these projects were installed in the Summer and Fall of 2001.