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Art Educators Learn Portrait Modeling Skills at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

John Hill — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 18:06:51 +0000

A dozen art educators from Arkansas learned portrait modeling skills that they will take back to their classrooms during an artWAYS workshop at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Michael Warrick, professor of art, taught the workshop June 6-10 at the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Windgate Center of Art and Design. “I enjoyed working with the very talented art educators,” Warrick said. “They worked hard and got a lot out of what we were able to do during the week. I hope they took away a good introduction to portrait modeling, mold making, and reproduction possibilities.” The artWAYS workshops, which are funded by a generous grant from the Windgate Foundation, provides a weeklong immersive visual arts summer program for art educators and high school students. All housing, meals, and art materials are free. At the end of the workshop, educators typically receive 30 hours of professional development and a certificate of completion. The participants included Amber Cardinale of Bryant High School, Delexious Curtis of Sylvan Hills Junior High, Tammie Dillon of Sylvan Hills High School, Kathryn Emerson of Landmark Elementary, Loni Harshaw of Little Rock Southwest Magnet High School, Camilla Landers of Pine Haven Elementary, Mariah McKinley of Ringgold Elementary, Lindsey McMullin of Mills Middle School, Jessica McSpadden of Episcopal Collegiate Lower School, Brianna Peterson of Bryant High School, Catherine Rodgers of Catherine Rodgers Contemporary Art who also teaches workshops at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, and Jared Wellborn of Little Rock Southwest Magnet High School.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock Professor Michael Warrick, left, removes a plaster face mold from a participant during a demonstration to art educators. The group was part of the summer 2022 artWAYS workshop. Photos by Ben Krain.

During the weeklong workshop, participants learned how to model a portrait from a live model in clay, make a rubber mold and plaster mother mold of the clay portrait, and make a Hydrocal reproduction of that portrait from the mold. “It was great to connect with these talented teachers and to reconnect to some of our alumni teaching in our communities,” Warrick said. “These teachers are the missionaries of visual art in our communities and expose our youth to a great amount of creative possibilities. They deserve this kind of creative support so that they can continue to be inspired and inspire others.”

New Exhibit by Michael Warrick Opens at Boswell Mourot Gallery

John Hill — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:12:27 +0000

A new exhibit by Michael Warrick, award-winning professor of art at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has opened at the . The exhibit will be on display from Feb. 5-26. “Michael Warrick: Faces/Figures” features five different series of sculptures exploring humanity and collective memory through portraiture and figurative expression. The gallery will hold receptions for the show from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, and 6-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, with an artist talk at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 11. “The show has new life-size and miniature cast bronze figures and aluminum portraits, numerous portraits in terra cotta clay, and wood fired porcelain plus a new series of cast Hydrocal, fiberglass, and latex-painted portraits,” Warrick said. The life-size cast bronze works are a continuation of Warrick’s “Memento Mori” series that explores remembrances of people’s lives through objects, while the miniature figurative bronzes are full figures and partial figures of the “Vine” series.

This piece will be featured in the “Michael Warrick: Faces/Figures” exhibit.

In addition, Warrick’s “Memento-Mori” portraits are cast aluminum portraits that explore the meaning behind antique and forgotten personal objects. “The electric kiln fired Terra Cotta clay pieces and the wood-fired porcelain pieces are a continuation of the ‘Fragmented Portrait’ series that are expressively glazed works,” he said. “The new cast Hydrocal, fiberglass, and latex-painted works are a series of works that explore similar approaches to the ‘Memento Mori’ series as they include various memory-based objects like doilies, keys, and buttons as a way to explore the meaning behind antique and forgotten personal objects from our lives.” Boswell Mourot Gallery Fine Art Gallery is located at 1501 South Main Street, Suite H, in Little Rock. Contact Boswell Mourot Fine Art Gallery at 501-454-6969 to set up an appointment.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock Graduate Shane Bowers Selected for Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts

John Hill — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:31:27 +0000

Shane Bowers, a 2016 graduate of ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, has been accepted at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts.�� After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, Bowers earned a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from Northern Illinois University in 2019. The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts is a non-studio doctoral program for artists and creative thinkers. Bowers said the new Ph.D. program that starts in the fall will allow him to explore beyond studio practice and open a new world of research and opportunity. “I explore what a socially political artist can translate through space and time in my most recent bodies of work,” Bowers said. “In this Ph.D. program, I am combining my art-making practice to do trans-disciplinary research with international connections, resources, and contribute a duality between theory and studio practice.” In addition to his doctoral studies, Bowers is the co-founder of two nonprofit galleries. “I’m a transgender artist that advocates for the LGBTQ+ community and also a civil rights activist,” he said. Bowers founded the Unpacked Mobile Gallery in 2017 with Lauren Iacoponi and Naomi Elson. The mobile gallery provides a space for local artists to create, curate, and exhibit work in communities and public spaces around Chicago in the bed of a moving truck. It is committed to showcase artists that are not able to perform in a brick and mortar gallery.�� “We wanted to create a non-brick and mortar space that is culturally diverse for local artists in Chicago,” Bowers said. “We did shows in Chicago and offer artists the space, especially when they are underrepresented. Brick and mortar places often underrepresent people of color and the LGBTQ community.” The Dispatch Gallery, which is an extension of the Unpacked Mobile Gallery as a remote option, is a platform where artists can collaborate, showcase their work through livestream performances, video and film screening, and artist interviews. Dispatch is about inclusion and diversity, bringing together artists with culturally and diverse identities such as persons of color, LGBTQ, transgender, and gender non-conforming, immigrants, women, and individuals who do not identify with the mainstream culture. “We wanted to give an opportunity for emerging artists to have that space and for the public who wouldn’t expect a pop up mobile gallery in the back of a truck,” Bowers said. “Then COVID-19 happened, so we created an extension of Unpacked Mobile Gallery. This is for performance artists that are not getting the space they need. We had our first show that had 27 domestic and international artists. We are happy to showcase all these artists.” Bowers is expected to complete his doctorate program in 2026. During the first three years, Bowers and his cohort will complete studies during the school year and travel to meet with his classmates during the summer. The first two summer programs will take place in New York City and Greece. During these summer residencies, Bowers and his classmates will visit art museums and art shows, learn about art history, and present research. During the fourth and fifth years of the program, Bowers will write a 400-page dissertation. This program is meant for professors, adjunct professors, and adjuncts of record,” Bowers said. “It’s great for continuing your career and adding that research component for your studies. I am studying gender studies, philosophy, and sound theory. I am trying to explore the Western dichotomy of gender roles.” Before Bowers arrived at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, he said he never seriously considered getting a graduate degree. A discovery while he was in the McNair Scholars Program at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock led to an incredible change in his life. “I found out I was dyslexic when I was 23,” he said. “I struggled with reading and writing before then. It changed my entire life to not only be in the McNair Scholars Program because they gave me the tools to be able to be successful in my research. I was able to get through information so much quicker. There is a stigma on people who are dyslexic. They don’t think that you can get a graduate degree. People with dyslexia can get a master’s degree and a PH.D. and go into higher education if they want to. I think that’s important.” Bowers is also thankful to professors like Michael Warrick and Mia Hall who helped him become the artist he is today. “When I went into the art program, Michael Warrick was one of my mentors along with Mia Hall, who helped me learn about visual arts history,” Bowers said. “I started transitioning as a transgender person during my time at ��Vlog��ýLR, and I was also an artist and an advocate for LGBTQ rights. Now I can have two terminal degrees and bring a better pedagogy for artists to be successful. That is how ��Vlog��ýLR helped further my education. I just want to thank my mentors at ��Vlog��ýLR. I wouldn’t be here without them. They inspired my life.”

��Vlog��ý Little Rock to host two exhibits by 2020 Arkansas Living Treasure Michael Warrick

John Hill — Thu, 27 May 2021 20:09:01 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host two exhibits by 2020 Arkansas Living Treasure Michael Warrick, a professor of art at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, from June 1 to July 20 in the Windgate Center of Art and Design.�� The first exhibit, “Michael Warrick: Clay, Metal, Stone, Wood,” highlights work created by Warrick over the past decade. The exhibit will be on display in the Brad Cushman Gallery on the second level of the Windgate Center. “The majority of work in this exhibit will be figurative and portrait sculpture from the last decade,” Warrick said. “The range of styles for that work are classic academic studies to rough, expressive, and very colorful. In addition to these, there are a few abstract seed-like forms in stone and a number of outdoor sculpture proposals that have been 3D printed.” The second exhibit is a new site specific installation titled “Michael Warrick: Spirits.” The display will feature seven monumental meditation portraits cast in Hydrocal with fiberglass reinforcement. These portraits were inspired by the sculptural installation, “Astronomers’ Dream,” which Warrick created for a solo exhibit at the Arkansas Arts Center in 1996.�� The new portraits will be suspended at eye level throughout the Maners/Pappas Gallery in a low light. These portraits represent mentors and spiritual guides. This represents Warrick’s first site-specific installation sculpture in 25 years. Boswell Mourot Fine Art in Little Rock represents the artist.�� “To produce a grouping of the cast portrait work has been an interest of mine for a year now,” Warrick said. “I could isolate and compose the suspended works in a unique space with unique lighting that would enhance them. Each person portrayed in the exhibit is photographed and then sculpted in an oil base clay on top of a sculpted styrofoam skull. Once the clay portrait is finished, I make a multi-piece rubber mold and plastic mother mold that allows me to cast various materials like water-based clay, cold cast bronze, paper, plaster, concrete, and sculptors wax that will be later translated in metal through the lost wax casting method.”

This piece by Michael Warrick will appear in a new exhibit, “Michael Warrick: Clay, Metal, Stone, Wood.”

Warrick is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship through the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Illinois, a Visual Arts Grant/Fellowship from the Southeastern College Art Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, an Arkansas Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship, and Artist Grants from Art Matters, Inc., the Pollack-Krazner Foundation both located in New York City. In 2009, he received the Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement by the Southeastern College Art Conference.�� He has created sculptures for parks in Changchun, China, and Hanam, South Korea. In the Little Rock area, he has created sculptures at the National Park Services Central High Museum, the Central Arkansas Library System, the Statehouse Convention Center, The Vogel Swartz Sculpture Garden, the University of Arkansas Ottenheimer Library, The CARTI Cancer Center, The Ronald McDonald House, The Bernice Garden, the Maumelle Library, and the ��Vlog��ýMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.�� The exhibit can be viewed virtually through the .�� The ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Art Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Patrons may call or email to confirm a visit to campus to view the exhibitions. For more information, contact the main office at 501-916-3182 or email Brad Cushman at becushman@ualr.edu.

��Vlog��ý Little Rock to host lecture with 2020 Arkansas Living Treasure Michael Warrick

John Hill — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 13:32:59 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Art and Design will host a virtual lecture featuring the life and works of 2020 Arkansas Living Treasure Michael Warrick Friday, Oct. 9. Warrick, a professor of art at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, will discuss his experience as an artist, show his work, and give insight into the career opportunities for artists. The lecture, “Creative Journeys with Michael Warrick,” will take place from 6-7 p.m. Oct. 9. The annually recognizes an Arkansas artist who excels in the creation of a traditional craft and who actively preserves and advances his or her craft through community outreach and educating others. Warrick began learning metalworking in 1967, when he took an industrial arts class in high school that included welding. He became a certified welder in 1972 and worked on large-scale mining equipment trucks, industrial fixtures, and railroad cars. Since joining ��Vlog��ý Little Rock in 1990, Warrick has been instrumental in securing grants, including one to build a foundry and kilns for metal casting for the university. Another grant allowed him to bring in renowned lecturers in metalworking. Warrick’s work has appeared in exhibitions and public installations locally and worldwide. His career includes 42 solo exhibits and 174 competitive and invitational exhibits. He regularly does commission work, including a 2017 sculpture celebrating the 25th anniversary of the sister cities partnership between Little Rock and Hanam, South Korea. Through his partnership with artist Aaron Hussey, Warrick created the in 2001 and “Straight Lines on a Round World,” a 2017 sculpture commemorating the Louisiana Purchase Survey that stands in front of the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. The ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Department of Art and Design will host the event as part of the artWORKS lecture series, which showcases the different career paths available to artists. The event is free and open to the public. Contact Madeline England at mmengland@ualr.edu for a link to the event.

Arkansas Arts Council honors Warrick as 2020 Arkansas Living Treasure

John Hill — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 21:07:49 +0000

The Arkansas Arts Council has selected Michael Warrick, a professor of art at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, as the 2020 Arkansas Living Treasure for his work and dedication to the craft of metalworking. Warrick will be honored during a virtual event on and at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8. The virtual event will include videos of Warrick’s work and a discussion about his methods. Speakers will include Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Stacy Hurst, secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, among others. “We are excited to be able to offer a virtual event to honor a master of metalworking,” said Patrick Ralston, director of the Arkansas Arts Center. “It is important, especially during these troubling times, to recognize the leaders, educators, and master craftsmen and women who keep Arkansas’s rich cultural and arts heritage alive.” The annually recognizes an Arkansas artist who excels in the creation of a traditional craft and who actively preserves and advances his or her craft through community outreach and educating others. “I’m pretty excited about being named the 2020 Arkansas Living Treasure,” Warrick said. “I’m turning 70 this year. I’ve been working at my craft and trade for more than 50 years. It’s nice to be recognized for that.”

Michael Warrick’s latest sculpture, “Mockingbird Tree with Oranges.”

Warrick is known as a dedicated instructor who teaches multiple metalworking courses. He has remained committed to maintaining and advancing his craft through mentoring, teaching, lecturing, demonstrating, and building through teamwork. “I love ��Vlog��ý Little Rock,” Warrick said. “I love the students and the challenges. It’s always evolving. I’ve got some great colleagues to work with and a great new building to work in. This is my 30th year of teaching at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, but I’ve never stopped learning, and I’m still excited about teaching.” Thomas Clifton, chair of the Department of Art and Design at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, described Warrick as an active and involved faculty member with a great passion for art and teaching. “I am often amazed at his energy and determination,” Clifton said. “This combination of traits has allowed him to amass an unparalleled national exhibition records of 42 solo exhibits and 174 competitive and invitational exhibits over the course of his career. Michael’s prolific career has made it challenging to walk through Little Rock without coming across one of his sculptures. Michael is well represented throughout our city, like no other artist I know. His record of accomplishments is without equal.” Warrick’s work has appeared in exhibitions and public installations locally and worldwide. He regularly does commission work, including a piece he created in 2017 for the Little Rock Sister City Commission to give to the City of Hanam in South Korea to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the sister cities partnership. A video about that project is available via . Through his partnership with artist Aaron Hussey, Warrick created the in 2001. Warrick began learning metalworking in 1967, when he took an industrial arts class in high school that included welding. He became a certified welder in 1972 and worked on large-scale mining equipment trucks, industrial fixtures, and railroad cars. He attended Illinois State University as an art student in 1976. There, he learned metal casting and sculpting, and as a graduate student, he learned to work with cast iron. By 1995, he had picked up the technique of ceramic shell casting, which allowed him to cast finer and thinner bronze works. Warrick is constantly learning, experimenting, and evolving. In 2015, he learned 3D printing with polylactic acid plastic (PLA) and used the new technology in tandem with traditional lost wax casting for his metalwork. The resulting large-scale, 21-by-15-by-15-foot sculpture sits today outside the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The sculpture is a fascinating mix of stainless steel, bronze, glass, and concrete that celebrates the Louisiana Purchase. “I am a firm believer that there is much value to learning traditional methods for creating in cast metal,” Warrick said. “I am also curious about contemporary techniques in the production of objects and how they might be enhanced by joining old and new techniques.” Since joining ��Vlog��ý Little Rock in the fall of 1990, Warrick has been instrumental in securing grants, including one to build a foundry and kilns for metal casting for the university. Another grant allowed him to bring in renowned lecturers in metalworking. He also sat on a committee that brought public sculptures to the university to “embellish the culturally rich environment.” “Creating and teaching are very important to me,” Warrick said. “I have made it a personal goal to help others learn and create through the craft of metalworking. In my own creative metalwork, it is my hope that I can bring elements of our humanity and history through the craft.”

Works by Warrick on display at new Boswell-Mourot Gallery exhibit

Ajani Oyindamola — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 13:44:54 +0000

New artwork by Michael Warrick, professor of art at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is on display at a new exhibit at.�� The exhibit will be on display from June 22 to July 13. An opening reception will be held from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at the gallery at 5818 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock. The exhibit features a dozen of Warrick’s “larger than life” portrait sculptural pieces in bronze and clay completed in the last year. The exhibit also features paintings by artist Nancy Wilson. Warrick has a Bachelor of Science in ceramics from Illinois State University and a Master of Fine Arts in both sculpture and ceramics from Southern Illinois University. Boswell Mourot Gallery is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. For more information, call Boswell Mourot Gallery at 501-664-0030. In the upper right photo, Michael Warrick’s 2018 bronze sculpture, “His Memory,” is one of the pieces that will be on display at Boswell Mourot Gallery.��

University’s south entrance gets colorful touch-up

Janea Snyder — Thu, 09 May 2019 13:00:03 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s entrance from Asher Avenue has gotten a mural makeover – with a little paint and some elbow grease. Ricky Sikes, instructor of drawing and painting in the Department of Art and Design, and a handful of student and faculty volunteers have spruced up the 9-foot wall that runs 180 feet along the south side of University Plaza. The weather-worn wall got a fresh coat of gray paint, and Sikes and his crew added maroon lettering that says “��Vlog��ý Little Rock Home of the Trojans.” An adjacent 54-foot wall facing Campus Drive reads “since 1927.” Klansee Tozer, senior graphic designer in the Office of Communications and Marketing, designed the mural. The four-foot letters and the Trojan head can easily be seen by passing motorists on Asher Avenue. The group began painting on April 28 but got delayed because of rain. Rebecca Farhat, a junior nursing student; Carly Berbarian, a senior art student, Julian Francour, and professor Michael Warrick all helped with painting. Art instructor Ricky Sikes and student Rebecca Farhat paint maroon lettering on the concerete wall facing Asher Avenue near the university’s south entrance. Photo by Benjamin Krain

Guest Artist Aaron Hussey works on heavenly sculpture at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

Ajani Oyindamola — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:27:05 +0000

Guest artist and alum is creating a heavenly piece of art at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Hussey, a sculptor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, visited the Windgate Center for Art and Design in January to cast bronze elements for his sculpture of St. Gabriel, the archangel, which he is creating for the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge. He was joined by Michael Warrick, a professor of art at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, art student Eric Span, and local artists Patrick Fleming and Andy Huss. When the sculpture is completed, it will stand in front of St. Gabriel The Archangel Catholic Church in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. St. Gabriel is the oldest surviving church structure in the entire Mississippi River Valley. St. Gabriel will be wearing traditional Roman-period armor and have attributes of a trumpet and Easter Lily, said Hussey, who will return to campus in February to continue work on the sculpture. Hussey graduated from ��Vlog��ý Little Rock with a Bachelor of Arts degree with an emphasis in sculpture and drawing in 1993 and a Master of Art degree in studio art in 1998. He then earned his Master of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University in 2002. He worked as a research specialist for the School of Art at LSU until 2007, when he became a full-time artist specializing in public art with commissions from across the country. Some of Hussey’s work can be viewed in Little Rock. In partnership with Warrick, he created the 2017 sculpture, “Straight Lines on a Round World,” that lies in front of the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. The duo also worked together on the, which was dedicated in 2001 to honor the Little Rock Nine and the spirit of Central High School. One of his most recent pieces of public art is “Undercurrent,” in Othello, Washington, a stainless-steel sculpture that honors agriculture in the region. “Undercurrent represents the agricultural, high-desert region of Washington,” Hussey said. “With rich, volcanic soil and irrigation from the Columbia River, the area is rich in agriculture.” Whenever Hussey is commissioned a new piece, he spends time driving around the area and researching local history, looking for local elements that can provide inspiration for the piece. In “Undercurrent,” for example, parts of his sculpture represent the undercurrent of the Columbia River, the steel bridges that cross the river, irrigation pivots that bring water to farmland, and branches that represent orchards of local produce. “My work is all about bridging the natural environment and the built environment,” Hussey said. Hussey was introduced to art at a young age, and his love for art grew as he spent his childhood exposed to the vibrant art scenes of New Orleans. “I got my first drawing table when I was 6. My dad was an illustrator and painter on the side,” Hussey said. “Growing up in New Orleans, there are artists everywhere. He and I would go to the French Quarter and to the museums on the weekend to check out all the artists.” Even though Hussey began college as a science major planning to work in the medical field, like most of his family members, he made the pivotal decision to pursue art as a career. “When I transferred to ��Vlog��ý Little Rock, I changed my major from science to art,” Hussey said. “It was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders when I started doing artwork. It was like a weight was lifted off my soul.”

Guest artist and alumnus Aaron Hussey (left) and Michael Warrick (middle), professor of art, cast bronze elements for his sculpture of St. Gabriel at the Windgate Center of Art and Design. Photo by Benjamin Krain.

Sculpture by late artist Mac Hornecker installed at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:49:15 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is now home to a sculpture by late artist.�� Marie Hornecker of Arkadelphia donated the sculpture to ��Vlog��ý Little Rock last year to honor her husband’s creative efforts. Mac Hornecker, who passed away in 2011, created “El ��ñ��” in 1998. It is a non-objective sculpture that was an early piece in his waved linear steel and concrete stone work. “El ��ñ�� was built in 1998 at a time when our oldest daughter was in college at OU in Oklahoma majoring in meteorology and also had a position at NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Severe Storm Center and as a storm chaser,” Marie Hornecker said. “It gave Mac a new awareness of the weather and patterns. The land and natural elements were always the inspirations of Mac’s work.” Marie Hornecker and ��Vlog��ý Little Rock installation crew members Michael Warrick, Kerrick Hartman, John Bruhl, Ricky Sikes, and Ruijie Zheng dismantled, packed, and reinstalled the sculpture at the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock campus on Oct. 19. Marie Hornecker and Warrick gave the sculpture a fresh coat of paint on Oct. 20 to give it a “final finish,” according to Warrick, a longtime friend of the Horneckers. The sculpture now stands east of the Donaghey Student Center near Coleman Creek. “Thanks for everyone at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock for placing ‘El ��ñ��’ on your campus,” Marie Hornecker said. “It is a wonderful setting, and I know Mac would have been very pleased. I also want to thank Michael Warrick and those in the art faculty that helped with the instillation and ��Vlog��ý Little Rock for accepting this piece and putting it in a beautiful location.”

Mac Hornecker, who passed away in 2011, created “El ��ñ��” in 1998. It is a non-objective sculpture that was an early piece in his waved linear steel and concrete stone work.

Mac Hornecker was best known for sculptures of environmental scale built from a variety of materials. He designed for a particular site, which determines scale and material. Images within his work deal with land and manmade forms. He was interested in the topography, rocks, trees, architecture, and anything interesting about the environment of the site. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1968 and a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from the University of Oklahoma in 1970. He received his first commission from the Oklahoma City Arts Council in 1971 for a 12-ton cast concrete sculpture. His work was represented in more than 30 public collections, 25 solo shows, 50 group shows, 25 invitationals, and 30 competitive shows. He was a professor of sculpture for 40 years and served as a guest artist and conducted workshops at many colleges, universities, and art centers. In the upper right photo, members of the installation crew install Mac Hornecker’s sculpture on campus. Pictured (L to R) include John Bruhl, Kerrick Hartman, Marie Hornecker, and Michael Warrick.

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Art Educators Learn Portrait Modeling Skills at ����Vlog��ý Little Rock

New Exhibit by Michael Warrick Opens at Boswell Mourot Gallery

����Vlog��ý Little Rock Graduate Shane Bowers Selected for Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts

����Vlog��ý Little Rock to host two exhibits by 2020 Arkansas Living Treasure Michael Warrick

����Vlog��ý Little Rock to host lecture with 2020 Arkansas Living Treasure Michael Warrick