DATE: 3 p.m. Thursday, June 3, weather permitting (rain date is 3 p.m. Friday, June 4).

EVENT: William Dennisuk’s sculpture installation on the Huron River in the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum is a three-phase Vessel Project that began in April with a sculpture installed in the Lurie reflecting pool outside U-M’s College of Engineering on north campus. Phase II is in Gallup Park and Phase III is the Huron River installation. The three sculptures, which are privately funded, are on display through October.

Dennisuk is the 2009-2010 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence at the U-M School of Art & Design. The residency supports artists creating new work in collaboration with U-M students and faculty. Funding for the Witt residency and sculptural installations is provided by Penny W. Stamps, who also supports U-M’s School of Art & Design’s popular Penny W. Stamps Lecture Series.

The Vessel Project received a permit from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Dennisuk has worked closely with U-M’s Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, Ann Arbor Parks Advisory Commission, and U-M’s President’s Advisory Committee on Public Art and Exterior Elements Design Review Committee.

PLACE: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor.