Jill Sebastian Jill Sebastian (born 1950 in Libertyville, Illinois) is an American educational innovator, integrated public artist and Multimedia, multi-media artist. Early life and career Jill Sebastian characterizes herself as growing up in small towns within ...

's Eclipse is located at Lake Bluff Terrace,

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...

, Wisconsin 2000. with stairs leading to it off the lakefront. It is a collaborative piece made out of vitreous

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and stone

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over

concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wid ...

, bronze. The dimensions are 10’ x 10’ x 10'. Made in 2003, this sculpture is still in very good condition.

Artist information

got her inspiration at a young age when she saw a woman painting a

mural A mural is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. Mural techniques include fresco, mosaic, graffiti and marouflage. Word mural in art The word ''mural'' is a Spani ...

depicting labor strikes. She attended several colleges and got her MFA at UW Milwaukee in 1979. She is currently working on a project for the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

, building a new South Campus Union. She is also a professor of sculpture at the

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) is a private art school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded in 1974, it offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. MIAD is considered the successor to the Layton School of Art, and was formerly known a ...

(MIAD).

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