CMU Campus Art Tour

Central Michigan University has an unbelievable amount of art around campus, ranging from current students, alumni, faculty and professional artists from around the world.

Often times, campus artwork is recognized but overlooked in passing. This virtual tour is meant to spotlight some pieces you may or may not recognize and celebrate some of the amazing art around campus!

You can navigate this tour either by scrolling through in the chronological order we've set up, or by zooming into the satellite view below and clicking on the numbers.

Location Tour Overview, a guide to the numbers by location

1. North Art Studio
2. Wightman Hall
3. Warriner Hall
4. Warriner Hall (continued)
5. Sloan Hall
6. School of Music
7. School of Music (continued)
8. Engineering and Technology Building
9. ET Building (continued)
10. Rose Pond
11. University Peace Grove and Memorial Sculpture
12. Rose Center / Student Activities Center
13. Thorpe Hall
14. Pearce Hall
15. Dow Hall
16. Dow/Brooks Tunnel
17. Outside Brooks Hall
18. Charles V. Park Library
19. University Art Gallery

Art Tour Overview, a guide to the numbers by art/artist

1. Student sculpture garden
2. Untitled by Doug Rise
3. Natures in Marketplace by Fritz Rock
4. Untitled by Brooks Emerson
5. Untitled by Vitold Kabisz
6. Chickering Piano made by Jonas Chickering; The Music Rolls On by Sonny Dalton; Entente and Boundaries by James Adley
7. Nature Vivante by James Adley
8. Quadrant by David Black
9. Noah’s Neon 1 by Charles McGee
10. Gateway (Centennial Sculpture) by Charles McGee; Noah’s Gateway (Maquette)
11. University Peace Grove by Susan Wink
12. Lawn Darts by Eric McLaurin
13. Diversity Cube by Arik Anderson
14. Untitled by Ed Barta
15. periodic table
16. Dow/Brooks Tunnel art
17. Untitled by Jack Bergeron; The King by David Vickers
18. Charles V. Park Library collection
19. Gete-Achitwa-Asinakwe (Ancient Honorable Stone Woman) (2007) by Jason Quigno; University Art Gallery

In this tour, we’ve included a lot of art from all around campus, some of which you may recognize by passing them yourself. Although some pieces have more descriptions and information than others, all should be appreciated. We hope that this tour gave you some more insight into the art on campus and that you continue to learn and support our artists.

Above all, just keep your eyes open and look out for more! 

Information for this tour was provided by Anne Gochenour, Jay Martin, Janet Danek, the Clarke Historical Library and art plaque descriptions.

This tour was created by Eric Urbaniak, with the help of Teresa Homsi. (All photos were taken by Teresa Homsi.) This project was commissioned for  Central Sustainability , sourced out of the Office for Institutional Diversity and Equity.