Woodward Lecture Series: John Powers

John Douglas Powers received his M.F.A. in sculpture (with distinction) from The University of Georgia and a B.A. in art history from Vanderbilt University. His work has been featured in The New York Times, World Sculpture News, Sculpture Magazine, Art Forum, The Huffington Post, Art in America, The Boston Globe and on CBS News Sunday Morning. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Virginia A Groot Foundation Award, a Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant as well as a Southeastern College Art Conference Individual Artist Fellowship. His sculptural work has been exhibited internationally at venues including Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, The European Cultural Centre,  The Hunter Museum of American Art, The MIT Museum, The Wichita Art Museum, The Mariana Kistler Beach Museum of Art, The Huntsville Museum of Art, The Masur Museum, The Gadsden Museum of Art, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Brenda Taylor Gallery, The Vero Beach Museum of Art and Cue Art Foundation. Powers is a Professor of Sculpture and Time-Based Art at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Powers has been working in the vein of kinetic sculpture, installation and object making for the past two decades. His talk will focus on the development of his career and practice over that time and will touch on his interests in technology, time, myth, history and place. This talk is brought to you by the CCS Woodward Lecture Series, which, since 1998, has remained one of Southeast Michigan’s most prominent visiting speaker series, attracting over 100 renowned artists, critics and scholars to Detroit. In addition to public lectures, Woodward Lecturers directly engage with CCS students through critiques and roundtable discussions, fostering a greater understanding of and appreciation for contemporary art and culture. The Series is made possible by a generous endowment gift from an anonymous donor.

Date: Tuesday, April 1

Time: 11:30am-12:30pm

Location: College for Creative Studies Ford Campus

201 E. Kirby St, Detroit, MI, 48202

Sculpture Studio, Room B102, Kresge Ford Building

Free and open to the general public. Parking available at the CCS Brush Street lot (on Brush Street, just north of Frederick).

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