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Contact: Ralph
Derickson
Richard
Hunt
Garry
Bibbs
“Richard
Hunt is not only a master artisan, he is a master
at cultivating and mentoring the talents of other
artists. Having him as a guest lecturer at UK is
a tremendous coup for UK’s art students and
faculty as well.“
--
Garry Bibbs,
associate professor of art,
University of Kentucky
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LEXINGTON,
Ky. (Feb. 23, 2004) -- Renowned
sculptor Richard
Hunt, whose works are exhibited in such places
as New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago,
will visit the University of Kentucky Feb. 26-27.
His
visit is part of the Visiting Artist Program sponsored
by the UK
College of Fine Arts and the Lexington
Arts and Cultural Council.
Hunt,
widely considered one of the most prominent African-American
sculptors in the world, will give lectures and
meet with students, faculty and staff.
He
will give an art professions lecture from noon
to 1 p.m. in the White Hall Classroom Building
Friday, Feb. 27. Then, he will critique UK art
students’ works from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
in the Barnhart Gallery of the Reynolds Building
on Scott Street.
Hunt,
whose work “Pass Through” is exhibited
on campus near the Singletary Center for the Arts,
will be in a reception and give a public lecture
from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, at Arts Place,
161 North Mill Street. The lecture is part of the
Lexington Arts and Cultural Council (LACC) Distinguished
Speaker Series and its on-going Public Art Initiative.
Tickets for the lecture are $5 and are available
at the LACC box office at (859) 225-0370.
The
public lecture and reception are being sponsored
by the Lexington Arts and Cultural Council and
the UK Art Museum. The lecture is titled “Public
Art.”
UK
associate professor of art and head of the college’s
sculpture program, Garry
Bibbs studied under Hunt with financing from
a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellowship from the National
Academy of Sciences at The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, which Hunt directs.
“Richard
Hunt is not only a master artisan, he is a master
at cultivating and mentoring the talents of other
artists,” Bibbs said. “Having him as
a guest lecturer at UK is a tremendous coup for
UK’s art students and faculty as well.“
Hunt
also is scheduled to meet faculty and students
and give an artist talk from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Martin Luther King Jr.
Cultural Center in the UK Student Center.
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