The Department of Art & Design invites you to attend an artist lecture with Michael Aurbach, Wednesday, September 18, at 6:00 pm in Corley Auditorium.
If you are not able to attend in person, please join us by Zoom:
Michael Aurbach, Professor of Art, Emeritus, taught sculpture and drawing at Vanderbilt University in Nashville for thrity years. For the last four decades his socially inspired sculpture addressed issues associated with identity, death, institutional power, and contemporary forms of scholarship. He has exhibited his sculpture in more than 80 solo shows and lectured about his work at more than 250 universities and cultural institutions.
He has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards. Among the institutions and foundations that have provided support for his work are the National Endowment for the Arts, the Southern Arts Federation, the Tennessee Arts Commission, Art Matters Inc., the Puffin Foundation, the Beren Foundation, and Vanderbilt University. His work has been reviewed in such publications as Sculpture, Leonardo, World Sculpture News, Metalsmith, and Art Papers.
At the University of Kansas he earned baccalaureate degrees in Biology (1974), Journalism (1976), and Studio Art (1981) plus the M.A. in Art History (1979). He completed his M.F.A. in Sculpture at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX (1983).
He is a past president of the College Art Association, where he was actively involved with the development of professional guidelines/standards.
This is a free and public event.
