Officials at Sandburg announced last night, that the gallery will now be called The “Lonnie Eugene Stewart” Gallery–after the artist himself.
Stewart has designed a number of works, including the Carl Sandburg statue which will be placed in Galesburg’s Central Square within the next year.
The announcement came as a surprise yesterday, when Stewart was presenting a bust of Sandburg to members of the college in memory of late author Penelope Niven.