15. The Joyous Dance by sculptor Susan Luery was commissioned by the husband and parents of Mary Clare Renolds Joyce following her death in February 1999. She was one of five Renolds sisters who graduated from Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest. The sculpture was donated in her memory to the school by her family and friends. The Joyous Dance depicts Clare and her four children dancing together in a circle, full of joy and spirit. The viewer is invited to move around the composition, following the motion of the dancers intertwining with one another. With its openness and graceful display of musical movement, the piece stands as a testimony to Clare’s deep love of music and life.Susan Luery was born in Baltimore and attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, but her gift for creating romantic and timeless figurative sculpture was refined in Carrara, Italy. Her early work often involved mythological subjects and themes, and her dramatic Promethean Radiation was presented to Prince Charles and Princess Diana on the occasion of their wedding in 1981. Luery is best known for monumental works such as Babe’s Dream, the statue of baseball legend George Herman “Babe” Ruth standing heroically in front of Oriole Park at Camden Yards Stadium in Baltimore, and George Washington–Visionary, located at the historic site of Fort Cumberland.