{"id":285016,"date":"2026-05-08T22:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285016\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:20:07","slug":"texas-state-university-unveils-new-sculpture-celebrating-school-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285016\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas State University unveils new sculpture celebrating school pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe newest piece of artwork was unveiled on Texas State University\u2019s campus on April 25, strengthening the college\u2019s growing commitment to public art and campus beautification.<\/p>\n<p>The gist<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStates Up,\u201d a sculpture by Artist Nathan Mabry, was made possible by a gift from University President Kelly Damphousse and First Lady Beth Damphousse. The piece is a part of Mabry\u2019s &#8220;Heavy Handed&#8221; series.<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture celebrates the \u201cStates Up\u201d gesture, school spirit and state pride while drawing on sign language and everyday symbols, according to a Texas State University news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel what we have achieved with the \u2018States Up\u2019 sculpture is the true power of art, creating a universal symbol that the community can connect with across generations,\u201d Mabry said in the news release.<\/p>\n<p>The specifics<\/p>\n<p>The outdoor installation is located near the Campus Recreation Center on Upper Bobcat Trail at Academy Street. Its spot in a high-traffic campus area offers students, staff and visitors the chance to regularly engage with the sculpture, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p>Unveiled April 25Near the Texas State Campus Recreation Center<a href=\"http:\/\/www.txst.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.txst.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The newest piece of artwork was unveiled on Texas State University\u2019s campus on April 25, strengthening the college\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6595,132,134,133,1086,51493,5804,73531,15264,104764,73633,1927,104763],"class_list":["post-285016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-art","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-campus","tag-collection","tag-new","tag-rec-center","tag-spirit","tag-states-up","tag-statue","tag-texas-state-university","tag-unveil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}