UW Art Museum Sets Solstice Event June 13, 2007 -- At precisely noon on Thursday, June 21, the sun will shine through a solar tube at the University of Wyoming's Centennial Complex, illuminating a silver dollar embedded in the floor. The UW Art Museum will celebrate this phenomenon with a free educational program starting at 11:30 a.m. Astronomer Ray Martin will provide visitors an opportunity to view the surface of the sun through a filtered solar telescope on the building’s terrace. The Centennial Complex is an award-winning facility designed by the internationally acclaimed architect Antoine Predock. His unique architecture highlights the relationship between art and nature, a relationship key to the annual solstice celebration. "Throughout Wyoming there is a sense of landscape in formation, of landscape in transition," wrote Predock. One important transition happens yearly as Earth rotates around the sun, so he included in his design a way to capture the sun's rays on the summer solstice. The UW Art Museum is located in the Centennial Complex at 22nd & Willett Drive in Laramie. The Museum is open Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 1-5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call (307) 766-6622 or visit www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum. Posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007