Glin Casey Monuments Relocated After 40 Years

For Immediate Release: September 30, 2024

Contact: Jesse Vaughan, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer/jvaughan@rbc.edu

Richard Bland College of William & Mary (RBC) has relocated two Glin D. Casey monuments to prominent locations near its newly renovated Library as a part of a plan to increase public art across campus. The sculptures had been tucked away in obscurity for nearly 40 years.

“Richard Bland College is committed to making art accessible to its diverse student body, both inside buildings and on campus grounds,” RBC President Debbie L. Sydow said. “The College is privileged to own multiple pieces of local artist Glin Casey’s artwork and it is high time these sculptures be displayed in a central location where they can be seen and appreciated by the campus community.”

In the 1980s, Casey—an artist, sculptor and educator from Colonial Heights—donated two of his abstract monuments to the College, along with paintings and small sculptures. The striking monument-sized sculptures are made of metal, which was Casey’s preferred medium because of the high level of detail he could attain with his pieces and because of its durability.

“Mr. Casey’s singular art pieces are in a perfect location,” RBC Head Librarian Tim Hurley said. “His artwork and the addition of other outdoor pieces in the near future will continue to embellish Richard Bland College’s picturesque campus.”

Casey, who passed away in the fall of 2004, served in the U.S. Navy. He also taught at RPI (Richmond Professional Institute), which is now Virginia Commonwealth University, and served as craft director at Fort Lee. In addition to Virginia, his work, which consisted of paintings and metal sculptures, has been displayed in Texas, New Mexico and New Jersey. Casey described his art as a combination of semi-modern and pre-Columbian content expression.