DownEast is an indoor and outdoor juried competition. The indoor exhibition takes place at Emerge Gallery from |
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2023 - 2024 Outdoor Sculptures:
For information about purchasing any of these sculptures please email info@pittcountyarts.org.
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Sphere #3
1st PlaceHanna Jubran Grimesland, NC Location: Chico’s Mexican Restaurant 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
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Purgatory/china
2nd PlaceMatthew Duffy Washington, DC Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 |
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Ribbon Arch II
3rd PlaceJim Gallucci Greensboro, NC Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 |
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Cascade
Chris Plaisted New Millford, CT Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 |
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Couple
Joe Chirchirillo North Bennington, VT Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 |
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Horse with Chain Bridle
Jonathan Bowling
Greenville, NC Location: Greenway at Stancil Drive Greenville, NC 27858 |
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orbit
Matt Amante
Winterville, NC Location: Greenway at Harding Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
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Watchman
David Skora New Hartfold, CT Location: Greenway at Jarvis Street Greenville, NC 27834 |
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Springer
Jeff Repko
Altanta, GA Location: Greenville Town Common 105 E 1st Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
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House of Dreams
Jodi Wyse Jacksonville Beach, FL Location: Wahl-Coates School of the Arts 2200 E 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
Blend
Peter Dellert Holyoke, MA Location: Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
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Sun to Moon Rotation
Mary Angers Long Branch, NJ Location: Winterville Fire and Safety 2593 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
Filed Away
Adam Walls
Tyron, NC Location: Winterville Library 2613 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
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Kirk Seese Lutherville MD Location: Ayden Town Hall 4144 West Avenue Ayden, NC 28513 |
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The Wild One
Jessica Bradsher Greenville, NC Location: Farmville Community Building 3866 S Main Street Farmville, NC 27828 |
Dreamcatcher
Christian Happell Ruskin, FL Location: Oliver Murphrey Park 3476 N Main St. Farmville, NC 27858 |
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D. Lance Vickery was raised in Florida. Early,
as an aspiring two-dimensional artist, deeply
rooted in formalism, Lance attended Florida
State University, where he met Charles Hook.
Hook changed Lance’s perception of art and
sculpture. Hook held the position that all
“Sculpture is real, all painting and
photography, no matter how realistic is
abstract. Two-dimensional work always
requires the viewer to imagine the third
dimension.”
Lance is currently an Assistant Professor at
the University of North Florida and President
of the International Conference for
Contemporary Cast Iron Art [ICCCIA].
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ECU STUDENT CENTER ART GALLERIES |
2022 - 2023 Outdoor Sculptures:
For information about purchasing any of these sculptures please email info@pittcountyarts.org.
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Solar System
1st PlaceHanna Jubran Grimesland, NC Location: Chico’s Mexican Restaurant 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
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Core Oracle
2nd PlaceAdam Walls Tyron, NC Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam. |
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Red and Purple Quantum Object
3rd PlaceRobert Coon Vero Beach, FL Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Robert. |
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Minotaur
Chris Plaisted New Millford, CT Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Chris. |
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Inheritance II
Peter Dellert Holyoke, MA Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Peter. |
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Baroque Standing Figure
David Skora
New Hartford, CT Location: Greenway at Stancil Drive Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from David. |
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Kirk Seese
Lutherville-Timonium, MD Location: Greenway at Harding Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kirk. |
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Father and Son
Adam Walls
Tyron, NC Location: Town Common 105 E 1st Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam. |
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Starburst
Ella Snow Baltimore, MD Location: Wahl-Coates School 2200 E 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Ella. |
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CrissCross
David Skora New Hartford, CT Location: Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from David. |
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Night in the Forest
Gregory Smith North Pownal, VT Location: Winterville Fire and Safety 2593 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Gregory. |
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Fishing Dream
Karena “Kidd” Graves
Greenville, NC Location: Winterville Library 2613 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kidd. |
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Dragonfly
Carl Billingsley Greensboro, NC Location: Ayden Town Hall 4144 West Avenue Ayden, NC 28513 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Carl. |
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Isty Bitsy
Christian Happel Wimauma, FL Location: Farmville Community Building 3866 S Main Street Farmville, NC 27828 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Christian. |
James Matson is a sculptor and set designer living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He started off as a potter but kept sticking chunks of steel and wood into chunks of clay until it wouldn’t fit in the kiln anymore. His work centers around personal narratives seeking to find those universal moments that we share as individuals. His focus on the relationship between space and form is central to all his sculptural work.
He recently retired from teaching after thirty-five years of Sculpture, Ceramics, and Three-Dimensional Design. His work has been seen both here and abroad and is part of several collections.
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ECU STUDENT CENTER ART GALLERIES |
2021 - 2022 Outdoor Sculptures:
For information about purchasing any of these sculptures please email info@pittcountyarts.org.
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Moonlit Butterfly Habitat
ANDREW WOODARD
1st Place Location: Town Common 105 E 1st Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Andrew. |
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Trinity
HANNA JUBRAN & JODI HOLLNAGEL-JUBRAN
2nd Place Location: Chico's Mexican Restaurant 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Hanna. |
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Creamsicle #1
ROBERT COON
3rd PlaceLocation: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Robert. |
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LIFT
BRITTANY SONDBERG Honorable Mention Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 C lick here to hear an audio narrative from Brittany. |
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CON-Con
MATT AMANTEHonorable Mention Location: Greenway at Stancil Drive Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matt. |
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Basics #47
MATTHIAS NEUMANN
Location: Greenway at Elm Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Mathias. |
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IRON CIRCLE #7
CARL BILLINGSLEY
Formally located at Greenway at Jarvis Street Click here to hear an audio narrative from Carl. |
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Memory Bomb 1
ADAM WALLS
Location: Greenway at Elm Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam. |
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Low-Poly Open Heart (REDI)
MATTHEW DUFFY
Location: City of Greenville City Hall 200 W 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matthew. |
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Ball and red staircase
ADAM WALLS Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam. |
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Self Portrait
ADAM WALLS Location: Wahl-Coates School 2200 E 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam. |
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Wingone
MATTHEW DUFFY Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matthew. |
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TREE BRANCHES
KIRK SEESE Location: Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kirk. |
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DIVERSION
KYLE LUSK Location: Winterville Fire and Safety 2593 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kyle. |
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WONDER
ABIGAIL COCHRAN
Location: Winterville Library 2613 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Abigail. |
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Bait BALL
DAVE RIEMER Location: Farmville Public Library 4276 W Church Street Farmville, NC 27828 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Dave. |
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Journey to the top of looking glass
KYLE LUSK Location: Farmville Community Building 3866 S Main Street Farmville, NC 27828 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Kyle. |
Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan’s collaboration as an artist team began in 2001 and has fostered a wide range of innovative site-specific public art commissions and plans. Their Seattle-based studio, Haddad|Drugan LLC, operates at intersections of art, architecture, landscape, and theater, and includes collaborators adept at detail design, computer modeling and drafting, physical modeling, and graphics.
Haddad|Drugan specializes in creating conceptually driven site-specific art that is often integrated into large-scale infrastructure projects. Past and current work includes art for stormwater utilities, transportation projects, museums, libraries, urban plazas and parks. Their award-winning work has been published in Sculpture, Architectural Record, Landscape Architecture, Eco-Structure, Landscape Journal, Land Forum, and other publications.
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2020 - 2021 Outdoor Sculptures:
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Memory Bomb 1
ADAM WALLS
1st Place Location: Greenway at Elm Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Adam. |
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Atom
HANNA JUBRAN
2nd Place Location: Farmville Community Center 3866 S. Main Street Farmville, NC 27828 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Hanna. |
Tangent Arcs, Tun away from symmetry, and moon column
CARL BILLINGSLEY
3rd PlaceLocation: Greenway at Jarvis Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Carl. |
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Featherball
BOB TURAN
Honorable Mention Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Bob. |
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Wind Up Toy
JONATHAN BOWLING Location: Pitt-Greenville Airport 400 Airport Rd. Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Jonathan. |
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Crimson Arcs V2
MATT AMANTE Location: Evans Street Courtyard Evans Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matt. |
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Low-Poly Open Heart (REDI)
MATTHEW DUFFY
Location: City of Greenville City Hall 200 W 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matthew. |
Celestial Motion
HANNA JUBRAN Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Hanna. |
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Sunrise/Sunset (Sawblade)
MATTHEW DUFFY
Location: Chico's Mexican Restaurant 501 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matthew. |
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Composition #1
CHRIS PLAISTED
Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Chris. |
Einfuhlung #1
JESSICA BRADSHER Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27858 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Jessica. |
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Guardian
CHRISTIAN HAPPEL Location: Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Christian. |
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Large Watcher
MATT AMANTE Location: Winterville Fire and Safety 2593 N Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Matt. |
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TWIns
CASEY NARRON
Location: Winterville Library 2613 N. Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 Click here to hear an audio narrative from Casey. |
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Born and raised in northwest Kansas, Glenn Zweygardt received his BFA from Wichita State University in sculpture and painting. He then earned his MFA from the Rinehart School of Sculpture at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. For over 40 years, Glenn has been an active sculptor and educator. With more than 50 solo exhibitions and multiple purchase awards to his name, he shows works both nationally and internationally. His sculptures are included in many university, museum, outdoor, and private collections. Now an emeritus Professor of Sculpture at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Glenn continues to make signature sculptures in his Alfred Station studio. His creations of steel, ductile iron, stainless steel, cast glass, cast bronze, and aluminum are often combined with stone from around the world. These sculptures range from monumental outdoor works to small, intimate pieces
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2019 - 2020 Outdoor Sculptures:
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Neutron Star #1
HANNA JUBRAN 1st Place Location: Farmville Community Center 3866 S. Main Street Farmville, NC 27828 |
Fly me to the moon
JORDAN PARAH 2nd Place Location: Winterville Library 2613 N. Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
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Greenspace Bench
MATT AMANTE
3rd Place Location: Greenville City Hall Greenville, NC 27858 |
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The Burning PARIS ALEXANDER
Honorable Mention Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 |
Ker-Plunk
ADAM WALLSHonorable Mention Location: Wahl-Coates Elementary School for the Arts 2200 East 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
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The Listeners
CARL BILLINGSLEY Location: Greenway at Jarvis Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
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Womb
CHRISTIAN HAPPEL Location: Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
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PARTICLE
CHRISTIAN HAPPEL Location: A Time for Science 729 Dickinson Avenue Greenville, NC 27834 |
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Cauldron teats
JONATHAN BOWLING
Location: Greenway at Elm Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
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IN THE GARDEN
CHRIS PLAISTED
Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27834 |
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Inside the Vee
BOB TURAN Location: ECU Health Sciences Campus Student Center Greenville, NC 27858 |
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DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT
JORDAN PARAH Location: Evans Street Courtyard Greenville, NC 27858 |
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Faith
ADAM WALLS
Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 |
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Off BY ONE
CASEY NARRON
Location: ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858 |
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BALANCE POINT
HANNA JUBRAN
Location: ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858 |
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TALKING TUBES
JONI YOUNKINS-HERZOG Location: Winterville Public Safety 2593 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
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Big Bonsai
MATT AMANTE
Location: ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858 |
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Deborah La Grasse was born in Gainesville, Florida and received her Bachelor of Arts in Drawing and Painting from the University of Florida and a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University. She has taught both sculpture and architectural design for over 30 years, and currently teaches beginning design in architecture at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University in Tallahassee, Florida. La Grasse’s work has been featured in exhibitions and collections nationally and internationally. Her interest in creating cultural dialogues has led her to teach in universities, facilitate workshops and conferences, and participate in artist residencies in Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Peru, India, and the United Kingdom.
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2018 - 2019 Outdoor Sculptures:
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Propelling
ELLA SNOW 1st Place Location: Greenville Reade Circle 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
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Eye of Providence
BOB TURAN Location: Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
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Harmonious Balance
JORDAN PARAH 3rd Place Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 |
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POP FLY CHRISTIAN HAPPEL 2nd Place Location: Uptown Greenville Parking Deck Greenville, NC 27858 |
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ZENITH
RACHEL VAN SCHIE
Location: ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858 |
INMOTION
JEFF KIEIFER Location: ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858 |
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COLORFUL GIRAFFE
JONATHAN BOWLING
Location: ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858 |
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COTTON CANDY SKIES
JORDAN PARAH Location: Winterville Library 2613 N. Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
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HOT ROD
MATT AMANTE
Location: Winterville Public Safety 2593 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
FAMILY DELIGHTS
CHRISTIAN HAPPEL Location: Wahl-Coates Elementary School for the Arts 2200 East 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
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CENTER POINT
HANNA JUBRAN Location: The Farmville Community Center 3886 S. Main Street Farmville, NC 27828 |
Juror Hank T. Foreman, who has lectured for numerous organizations including the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and the International Sculpture Center. In 2010 Foreman was selected as a cohort for the National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture Leadership Institute for Visual Arts Organizations funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. In May 2014, Foreman was a lead contributor for an art education conference held at the School for Pedagogy and the Fine Arts in Kalisz, Poland – a part of Adam Mickiewicz University. For this program, Foreman lectured at the conference, co-designed a mural, and was selected as the cities’ artist in residence for the 100th anniversary of rebuilding after the destruction of World War I. During his residency he installed a three-story site-specific installation titled The White Dream of Kalisz.
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2017 - 2018 Outdoor Sculptures:
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WATERDROP
HANNA JUBRAN Location: Greenville Reade Circle 521 Cotanche Street Greenville, NC 27858 |
SQUARE DANCE
BOB TURAN2nd Place Location: Winterville Town Hall 2571 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
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CIRCULAR MOTION
HANNA JUBRAN 3rd Place Location: Greenville Museum of Art 802 Evans Street Greenville, NC 27834 |
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SCBS #14
Matt Amante Location: Pitt Community College 1968 Pitt Tech Road Winterville, NC 28590 |
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NAVE ADAM WALLS Location: Uptown Greenville Parking Deck Greenville, NC 27858 |
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PEGASUS LANDING
JESSICA BRADSHER
Location: ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858 |
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LE MOYEU
MAIRIN GWYN Location: ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858 |
WAKE
ELLA SNOW
Location: ECU Mendenhall Greenville, NC 27858 |
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WAVE BEYOND CONVERGENCE
CHRIS MORGAN Location: Winterville Library 2613 N. Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
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COMPOSITION IN BLACK
BRIAN GLAZE
Location: Winterville Public Safety 2593 Railroad Street Winterville, NC 28590 |
A North Carolina native, Kyle Van Lusk studied at Brevard College and East Carolina University, graduating from ECU in 1995 with a BFA in sculpture. Lusk's work has been exhibited in numerous public exhibitions and featured in many public, as well as private, collections including Public Art Chattanooga, Beber Sculpture Garden at Duke University, and Creative Arts Guild Sculpture Park in Dalton, GA. Lusk continues to create public sculpture and currently serves as the coordinator of the Art major at Brevard College in Brevard, NC where he lives with his wife, Heidi, and three children.