The diversity of the ISU student body was the focus of an art walk on campus Wednesday afternoon.

University Museums regularly hosts the “Wednesday Walks,” which are monthly informal art walks on campus for ISU students, faculty and staff.

Lynn Pohlman, director of University Museums, said 17 people attended the art walk.

“We looked at how at different times, you see women doing different things,” said Matthew Delay, curator of University Museums who led the group. “You see more opportunities and you see more diversity.”

The group started the walk at “Border Crossing,” by Luis Jim‚nez, located south of LeBaron Hall.

The group also stopped at Christian Petersen’s “Fountain of the Four Seasons” outside of the Memorial Union.

“Petersen had . conceptually a very brilliant use of Native Americans in the `Fountain of the Four Seasons,'” Delay said.

Pohlman said University Museums focuses on Iowa State’s public art work with different points of view.

“We have quite a few pieces that actually speak to cultural diversity,” Pohlman said.

A goal of the walks is to let groups ask questions about the art work, she said.

“We always want the walks to be interactive,” Pohlman said. “We want people to ask lots of questions and to synthesize information, thereby coming away with new interpretations of their own.”

The Wednesday Walks will continue throughout the semester. Other walks will focus on art created with student help, art made for agriculture and student athletes in art.

The next walk will meet at noon on Sept. 12 in the atrium of Maple Hall. The walk will focus on campus life at Iowa State, beginning with Carolyn Braaksma’s “Wild Goose Chase.”

“We really want students to come out and tell us what they think about these pieces of art on campus,” Delay said.