Environmental artist Andy Goldsworthy will take part in a lecture-presentation titled "Documenting Andy Goldsworthy's Early Ephemeral Work: An Interview with Andy Goldsworthy," on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 4:30 p.m. in the Statler Auditorium on the Cornell University campus. The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets, limited to two per person, will be distributed starting Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Willard Straight Hall box office.

Goldsworthy, an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large, will be joined by Tina Fiske, currently the Andy Goldsworthy Research Fellow, who is based in the History of Art Department at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where she teaches. Fiske is compiling a comprehensive digital catalogue of Goldsworthy's ephemeral outdoor work from 1976 to 1989. Goldsworthy works with stone, leaves, grass, branches, snow, ice and other natural materials to craft his singular creations. He is the author of several books:Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration With Nature; Hand to Earth; Stone; Wood; Arch; Wall ; andTime , which includes his work at Cornell University in Oct. 1999 and March 2000, sponsored by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. He is the subject of a 2001 film documentary,Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers and Tides, and a new book, Passage , is forthcoming.

Goldsworthy was appointed in 2000 for a six-year term as an Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large. During his appointment he has involved students in several off-campus installations, including artwork at the Neuberger Museum, Galerie Lelong, the Museum of Jewish Heritage-New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Goldsworthy also has arranged for two of his sculptures to be donated to Cornell. During his visit, Goldsworthy also will meet with students selected to assist him in an upcoming installation at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.