Guest Lecture Series
Gage Academy, 1501 10th Ave. E, Seattle
Geo Studio, Room 304, Third Floor
Each quarter, to enrich Seattle's arts discourse, Gage hosts lively lectures with working professional artists and art historians. The public is invited to attend these FREE events.
The Guest Lectures often coincide monthly with major artists' receptions in our Exhibition Series. Past guests include Scott Fife, Chiyo Ishikawa, Tip Toland, Margaret Davidson, Charles Wood, Patricia Weyer and Jim Woodring, just to name a few!
(pictured at right: Frida by Scott Fife)
Mixed-Media Sculpture:
A Retrospective
Marita Dingus:
Friday, October 3, 7:00pm
Geo Studio, 3rd Floor, Gage Academy of Art
In conjunction with the Re-Purposed exhibition, "junk artist" Marita Dingus speaks about her distinctive work since 1983.
About her art, Dingus says, "I make mixed media sculpture out of discarded materials. The sculpture takes the form of relics from the African Diaspora. I use discarded materials because I see people of African descent as being used during the institution of slavery and then discarded ... The goal of my art remains to show people's ability not only to survive but to prosper under dire circumstances." The Seattle Times has described Dingus's work as "fascinating, and, at times, powerfully troubling."
Dingus lives and works in Washington State and was the Morrie and Joan Alhadeff PONCHO Artist of the Year in 2005. She has had solo shows in Norway and at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, and her work is included in many regional museums and corporate collections.
