Sunflower Entrance, Hale Library

Artist: Kent Bloomer

Location: Hale Library on Mid-campus Drive, south entrance

Kent Bloomer is also the artist of the trellis sculpture in Manhattan Public Library. He is a professor of architecture at Yale University.

Bloomer has a BFA and MFA in sculpture from Yale University. Mr. Bloomer was born in Mt. Vernon, NY and lives in Guilford, CT with his wife, Nona.

“Using the forms of local flora and fauna, the Bloomer Studio connects the building and its inhabitants with the Kansas landscape. At the same time, the ornaments contribute a level of detail that provides scale and context to the building.”
www.bloomerstudio.com