The School of Visual Arts has a new artist-in-residence for the academic year.
Morgan Robinson is a sculptor from Stillwater, Oklahoma, who specializes in large-scale sculptures. He has worked as a professional artist for nine years and exhibited his art in Oklahoma, Colorado and Japan.
Robinson will teach sculpting classes and host presentations about working professionally in the arts throughout the year. These presentations are free and open to the public.
The first presentation in the series took place Sept. 13, titled “Blurring the Lines of Possibilities.” His next presentation will be from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 11 and is titled “Committing to a Creative Life.”
Robinson will talk about how to maintain creativity as a visual artist and in other creative fields as well.
“These will be great for dance majors, music majors or anybody that will be working in a creative field,” said Heather Lunsford, director of the School of Visual Arts.
Robinson also is bringing new resources and skills to the School of Visual Arts.
“We haven’t had a sculptor teaching here in a long time, so he’s helping us to revamp our sculpture studio, getting it in working order and bringing in a metal chopper,” Lunsford said. “He will be teaching our students how to weld and bend metal. And he will be discussing powder coating and working with wood.”
Lunsford said she hopes having working artists on campus will give valuable insight to students who want to work in creative fields.
“It is really important for our students to be able to learn from his success, learn from his mistakes and just learn from his life experience,” Lunsford said.
Anastasia Conyers, studio art junior, attended Robinson’s first presentation.
“I don’t think enough people are attending his things,” she said. “Only a handful of people showed up to his first presentation. But hopefully his spring semester class will be a good size.”
Robinson also will place his works throughout campus during the year and is working on a large metal sculpture to be placed permanently outside of Norick Arts Center.
Robinson was unavailable for comment.
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