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February Issue
2009
University of
North Carolina at Asheville Offers Retrospective Featuring Works
by Dan Millspaugh
The University of North Carolina at Asheville
in Asheville, NC, is presenting a retrospective exhibition of
works by noted Asheville sculptor and former UNC-A professor Dan
Millspaugh. The exhibit is on view through Feb. 25, 2009, in the
S. Tucker Cooke Gallery.
The exhibition features more than 30 sculptures and 40 photographs
of permanent installations, spanning more than three decades.
Millspaugh works predominately in large metal sculptures crafted
from new and reclaimed materials. His love and innovation for
this art form transferred to the classroom. For example, in 2001
he removed 300 pounds of brass from a dorm demolition project
to be used for casting in his sculpture classes.
A Florida native, Millspaugh holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in ceramics and a master of fine arts degree in sculpture from the University of Miami. He taught art at UNC Asheville for 26 years where he amassed accolades for his work in the classroom, including the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, UNC Asheville Distinguished Teaching Award, the Ruth and Leon Feldman Professorship for scholarship and service, and the University's Outstanding Scholarship and Creative Achievement Award.
Millspaugh has completed sculpture commissions for the City of Asheville, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, the UNC Botanical Gardens in Chapel Hill, NC, and the Tennessee Valley Authority in Alabama. He has works on display in numerous corporate, public and private collections throughout the United States. He has exhibited widely throughout the nation and was recently included in a transnational exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Literary Society of Yucatan in Merida, Mexico.
For further information
check our NC Institutional Gallery listings or call the UNC Asheville's
Art Department at 828/251-6559.
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