Thaddeus Mosley, a sculptor from Pittsburgh whose works are currently on view in the Paul Mesaros Gallery of the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center, will present a visiting artist lecture at the CAC, Thursday, Sept. 22.

The presentation begins at 5 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A) and is free and open to the public.

The opening reception for Mosley’s exhibition, as well as the exhibition by Nyame Brown in the Laura Mesaros Gallery, will follow at 6 p.m. at the Galleries.

Both exhibitions will be open through Oct. 6.

Mosley is one of Pittsburgh’s top artists. His most recognized sculptures include the 14-foot cedar “Phoenix” at the corner of Centre Avenue and Dinwiddie in Pittsburgh’s Hill District and the “Mountaintop” limestone at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library, also in the Hill District, at Herron and Milwaukee Streets.

Mosley has given numerous workshops on woodcarving at colleges and art centers locally and regionally. He has taught wood sculpture every summer for more than 20 years at the Touchstone Center for Crafts in Farmington, Pa.

Brown’s exhibition, titled “The John Henry Works,” is inspired by African hairstyles and sculpture and creates images that explore the unconscious intertwining of African-American pop culture and the larger African Diaspora.

For more information about the lecture, contact the WVU College of Creative Arts at (304) 293-4359.

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CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4359, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu

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