Bluffton University's Sauder Visual Arts Center will host "rags of intention," an exhibition of architectural sculpture by Philip Sommer, from Oct. 1-23. Free and open to the public, the exhibit will open with a reception for Sommer from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Grace Albrecht Gallery.

The art installation will be an interactive, contemplative space animated by light and water and integrated with sculptural components, according to Sommer, a resident of Dungannon, Ontario, Canada, who attended Bluffton.

It will include a circular perimeter with four sitting platforms and a sculpture for moving water in the center. "Rags of intention" refers to Sommer's name for the pieces of cloth that Tibetan Buddhists call prayer flags and the Buddhist notion of infusing prayer, or intention, into cloth.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. On Oct. 1, Homecoming Saturday at Bluffton, the gallery will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.