Underwriter: The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Artist: Dan Skaggs (Laguna Beach, CA)
Dan Skaggs holds a Masters Degree in Sculpture – C.S.U.L.B. (California State University at Long Beach) and has special commissions and exhibitions around the U.S. and New Zealand. He has won numerous awards including the Purchase Award at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts. He taught Crafts & Sculpture for the Long Beach Unified School District, 3-D Design at the Design Institute of San Diego, and Fine Arts, Product Design & Perspective Drawing at the Interior Designers Institute in Newport Beach, CA.
Ode to Joy is a piano made of white marble and black granite keys. The bench’s back is a staff with musical notes that, when played, are Beethoven’s famous “Ode to Joy” melody.