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Turrell Skyspace

James Turrell's "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace


SUZANNE DEAL BOOTH CENTENNIAL PAVILION



Visit skyspace.rice.edu to make free reservations.


Standing adjacent to the Shepherd School of Music on the Rice University campus, the James Turrell's "Twilight Epiphany" Skyspace is visible from the surrounding Texas Medical Center and many neighboring high-rises. Accommodating 120 people on two levels, the space is acoustically engineered for musical performances as well as a laboratory for music school students. Constructed of grass, concrete, stone and composite steel, the pyramid-like structure is equipped with an LED light performance that projects onto the ceiling and through the 72-foot square knife-edge roof, that is open to the sky. Turrell’s composition of light complements the natural light present at sunrise and sunset, and it transforms the skyspace into a locale for contemplation and reflective interaction with the rest of the campus and the natural world. There will be light shows daily at sunrise and sunset. Tuesdays are reserved for private usage and will be closed to the public. "Twilight Epiphany" is made possible by Rice alumna and Board of Trustee member, Suzanne Deal Booth.

Welcome to Rice Public Art

Art expands our capacity to perceive, understand and represent the world. Rice Public Art seeks to generate encounters with art that advance the culture of inquiry that characterizes our university. By incorporating site specific works into the campus landscape and interior spaces, the program aims to challenge and inspire the community to imagine its work and lives from unconventional and potentially transformative perspectives. Rice Public Art works in collaboration with The Shepherd School of Music, VADA (Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts), the HRC (Humanities Research Center), and the student organization Art Lab, among others, in an effort to broadly integrate our programming into the academic life at Rice University.

News and Updates

  • Dana Frankfort painting at BRCHanging from the wall of the main stairwell in the BioScience Research Collaborative is “Think,” a 14-by-9 foot bright yellow painting by Dana Frankfort, commissioned by the Rice Public Art Program.
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