Days before he died on June 12, artist and retired academic Joe Seipel attended an event at VCUarts’ Murry N. DePillars Building. The function marked the naming of the structure’s gallery after Seipel in commemoration of his 42 years of service at Virginia Commonwealth University. During that time, including Seipel’s 17 years as sculpture department chair, the school became nationally renowned for the quality of its classes and the caliber of its graduates.