8 0 | L E H I G H B U L L E T I N DESIGN Benches as Art E N D P A P E R As part of Professor Amy Forsyth’s furniture design course intheFall 2021 semester, studentsusedplanksofblack walnut andwhiteoakwood to create benches for community use in art galleries. Thewood—estimated at 150-to-175 years old—came from trees donated by Heather Rodale ’74 ’76G ’05P, founder of the Healing Through the Arts program that incorporates art to help in the healing process. Rodale, amember of the LehighUniversityArt Galleries (LUAG) Director’s Advisory Council, initiated the project with LUAG Director William Crow, professor of practice in Lehigh’s art, architecture and design department. The course traditionally has students create a piece of furniture for their final project that they keep. The seven custom-designed indoor benches were earmarked for art organizations. Shown clockwise from top left: Kiera Englehart ’22, Michael Hoben ’22 and Sam Goff ’23, and a bench made by Jack Catlett ’23 and Simeon Krizan ’23. The benches will be installed at the Allentown Art Museum and the Baum School of Art, both in Allentown, Pa; Healing Through the Arts and the art, architecture and design department.—Christina Tatu C H R I S T A N E U
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