A Silent Sentry at RIT

Can you imagine the logistics needed to install this 110-ton, 73-foot high, stainless steel-bronze work of art on the RIT campus? The Sentinel, as it's called, is the largest sculpture on any campus across the U.S. Eye-spied the titanic sculpture while spraying college life at the Rochester Institute of Technology yesterday.

It was presented in 2003 by Albert Paley with a endowment from RIT's College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. Who knew that this upstate school offered high-end programs in glass, woodworking, metal crafts, ceramics and furniture design? When I think of art and design I think 'Pratt' or 'RISD'.

But the students I spoke to said the identity of the RIT campus is just as rich with art and architecture as those schools. May this sculpture be just the beginning of many more to come.