Designed and built by Stephen Gamson, a Miami-based artist who has created other public pieces of art for the Arnolds. This sculpture sits at the entrance of the complex on Gervais and is symbolic of the Vista's West Gervais corridor. Miami sculptor Gamson — Arnold’s former roommate at the University of Florida — said he visited Columbia shortly after the October floods and was moved by the sense of community that arose to help the victims. The sculpture is blue aluminum in the shape of an abstract treble cleft. “There were a lot of people who were suffering and a lot of people who helped their brothers,” he said. “As an artist I found that inspiring.” from The State