The combination of twentieth and twenty-first century art with unique plantings makes meandering through the garden a lovely experience. Iowa State’s campus as a whole has been highly regarded nationally for its beauty and landscape design, and the garden contributes to this.
Many times Byron and Elizabeth would meet at the steps of Morrill Hall between their classes, so the garden’s location is very meaningful to her. My main job is helping make landscaping decisions for the Anderson Sculpture Garden, which extends from the Hub and Morrill Hall to Christian Petersen’s Panthers, east of Morrill Hall. RIGHT: Ellen Sattler, the Elizabeth & Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden InternĪs the Elizabeth Anderson Sculpture Garden Intern, I have enjoyed being part of this venture. LEFT: Elizabeth Anderson stands in the Christian Petersen Art Museum. After inquiring about future Museum goals and projects, Elizabeth volunteered graciously to fund the Sculpture Garden, and so the adventure began. The Anderson Sculpture Garden surrounds Morrill Hall and was created in 2008 after a discussion with Elizabeth at the museum’s opening. The Christian Petersen Art Museum, established in 2007, is housed inside Morrill Hall.
Today, Petersen’s sculptures contribute to Iowa State’s Art on Campus Program and Collection, which is the largest campus public art collection in the nation. This was the inaugural exhibition at the Christian Petersen Art Museum. Her generous donation resulted in the creation of Christian Petersen: Urban Artist, 1900-1934. His legacy was widely shared by University Museums for years prior to the establishment of the Christian Petersen Art Museum.
To honor Petersen after he passed away, Elizabeth put effort and funding into finding Petersen’s beginnings. Elizabeth treasured Petersen’s guidance, and her interest in art continued throughout her life. As his last and only student in her final quarter, Elizabeth created a life-like clay sculpture she called Blue Boy as Petersen sculpted Conversations, which can be found outside Oak-Elm residence hall today. While at Iowa State in the 1950’s, Elizabeth took a class taught by Christian Petersen, who was a faculty member and the artist-in-residence sculptor that created twelve major site-specific sculptures that are now part of the Art on Campus Collection, such as Fountain of the Four Seasons and Library Boy and Girl. MIDDLE: Artist Christian Petersen with Conversations, his last sculpture for Iowa State before he retired in 1955. The garden embodies both Byron’s interest in gardening and Elizabeth’s love of sculpture. The garden was made possible by Elizabeth Anderson, an Iowa State alumna who funded the garden in honor of her late husband and fellow Iowa Stater, Byron Anderson. Hello, I’m Ellen Sattler, the Elizabeth Anderson Intern for the Anderson Sculpture Garden.
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