On May, 2008, FIU¿s Biscayne Bay Campus Sculpture Garden will grow. Thanks to a generous donation from Marc Routh, art collector from New York, and funding from the Florida Art in State Buildings Program. ¿Column Trees,¿ the work of Cuban-born artist Florencio Gelabert, will be available for public viewing along Biscayne Bay. Florencio Gelabert, was born in Cuba in 1961, his recent works focus on nature and aim to evoke an emotional response to our spoiled environment. He is a recipient of the 2008 Chashama Art Studios residency in New York and was awarded with the 2008 Manhattan Community Arts Grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York. The new sculpture, which is fabricated from aluminum, tree trunks and polyester gel coat resin, and towers 10 feet high by 4¿x 4¿, will be on display on campus. Located in the heart of North Miami, the Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC) is a branch campus of Florida International University.