November 5, 2026—Two sculptures have found new homes on the Hendrix College campus. “Neutrino,” a 1995 stainless-steel and limestone work by Memphis-based sculptor Roy Tamboli, has been installed in front of Acxiom Hall. Nearby, “Betatakin No. 11,” a 1995 electroplated-steel sculpture by Donald Edward (D.E.) Shaw, has been relocated to face Hendrix’s Pecan Court.
“Neutrino” was donated by Little Rock resident Mary Frances Cotham in memory of her husband, Ralph, who taught accounting at Hendrix for nearly a decade. Acxiom Hall is part of the Charles D. Morgan Center for Physical Sciences, a fitting setting for a work named after a subatomic particle.
“We were thrilled to receive “Neutrino” from the Cotham family and excited to make it a part of a growing collection of outdoor sculpture on Hendrix’s beautiful campus,” said Christian Cutler, director of the Windgate Museum of Art.
Shaw was a pioneering painter and sculptor whose life and work took him to Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, and New Mexico. While living in Arkansas, he maintained a studio in Pine Bluff, taught across the state, and presented a solo exhibition in 1988 at the Arkansas Art Center, now the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
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For nearly 40 years, “Betatakin No. 11” stood in an outdoor patio area outside Hendrix’s Cabe Theatre, where it was rarely seen. Its new location just beyond the patio gives the sculpture a more prominent view toward the Pecan Court, a distinctive outdoor campus space designed by architect Philip Johnson in 1967.
The new placements connect Hendrix’s campus landscape with the work of artists whose careers span the region and beyond, while making both sculptures more visible to the college community and visitors.
The Windgate Museum of Art on the Hendrix College campus, located near the corner of Winfield and Harkrider streets, is open Tuesday through Saturday between 12 and 5 p.m. The WMA is always free and open to all.
About the Windgate Museum of Art
The Windgate Museum of Art is the art museum located on the campus of Hendrix College. With a vision to be the premier teaching art museum in Arkansas, the Windgate presents outstanding art exhibitions, compelling educational programs, and invigorating social activities for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to campus. Free and open to all, the museum uses hands-on experiences to train students in all facets of museum work, including curatorial research, collection management, educational and social programming, marketing and communications, as well as all aspects of exhibition research, planning, installation, and evaluation. The Windgate Museum of Art is made possible with major support from the Windgate Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
About Hendrix College
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 45 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges and celebrated among the country’s leading liberal arts colleges for academic quality, engaged learning opportunities and career preparation, vibrant campus life, and value. The College’s signature career-readiness initiative, Via Hendrix, connects a transformative liberal arts education with a four-year plan for life after college. Via Hendrix, every student completes a full-time, semester-long professional co-op experience before graduation.
The Hendrix experience extends beyond the classroom, with students participating in 21 NCAA Division III sports and a campus community shaped in part by the College’s longstanding affiliation with the United Methodist Church, dating to 1884. As Hendrix celebrates its Sesquicentennial in 2026–2027, the College is marking 150 years of educating students while looking ahead to its next chapter. Learn more at via.hendrix.edu.
“… Through engagement that links the classroom with the world, and a commitment to diversity, inclusion, justice, and sustainable living, the Hendrix community inspires students to lead lives of accomplishment, integrity, service, and joy.” –Hendrix College Statement of Purpose