Published on
February 20, 2013
Video length
7 mins
“Beacon” is a large, lighted installation of 99 salt shakers illuminated in a sea of rock salt. Weyhrich gave the following interview in November 2012 while installing her work in the library lobby.

is an artist, curator, and educator in Orange, California. She taught graphic design at California State University-Long Beach and Chapman University until her retirement in 2004. She and Cindi Zech Rhodes founded SEEDS Fine Art Exhibits to create conversations between artists and viewers.

The 91 asked Weyhrich to install “Beacon” because the focused on the Sermon on the Mount. “Beacon” is a large, lighted installation of 99 salt shakers illuminated in a sea of rock salt, and it remained at Calvin College through January 2013.

Weyhrich gave the following interview in November 2012 while installing her work in the library lobby. Please do watch it—especially if you wonder whether there’s more to installation art than what you usually notice.

the 2013 Calvin Symposium on 91 service that explored biblical themes of salt and light.

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