Event:             

Molly Mason Lecture, Reception, and Slide Presentation

Three events open to the public bring Molly Mason, widely known New York sculptor, University of Iowa School of Art graduate and Cedar Rapids native, to the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area in early November.

Schedule:       

Tuesday, November 3 at 8:00 pm

The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History invites you to attend a Visiting Artist’s lecture, “Sun and Shadow”, by Molly Mason. The lecture will be held at 101 Becker Communications Studies Building on the University of Iowa campus.

Friday, November 6 from 5:30 pm to 8 pm

The public is invited to a reception in the lobby of the new Kirkwood Center for Continuing Education (KCCE), 7725 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa to view “Before the Sun Speaks”, Mason’s outstanding new stainless steel and kiln-formed glass sculptures with fountain & pool features, commissioned by Kirkwood Community College for the KCCE. Ms. Mason will make brief remarks at 6:30 pm. and her extensive body of works will be shown on monitors throughout the reception.

At the reception, we wish to honor The Ceramics Center of Cedar Rapids, the UI School of Art and Art History and the UI Museum of Art by accepting gifts of any size earmarked for the three institutions to help in their recovery from the 2008 flood. (All gifts are tax-deductible. Non-earmarked gifts will be equally divided between the School of Art, the UIMA and The Ceramics Center.)

Saturday, November 7 at 1:00 pm

Mason will talk and present slides about her extensive early body of work in ceramics at The Ceramics Center, located in the Cherry Building, 329 10th Avenue SE, Suite 117, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Tours of this long-awaited arts facility will be available after Mason’s presentation.

Background Information

Mason is a sculptor with over 30 years experience in creating public, corporate and private site-specific works in architectural and natural settings. Her numerous recent projects for art-in-public-places have incorporated many media such as water features, stainless steel, aluminum, forged bronze and kiln-formed glass elements, along with concrete and ceramic tile structures with built-in seating. She is a hands-on sculptor who works with, and is an expert in, a wide variety of sculptural materials and processes, including welding, all aspects of metal forming, casting, wood, stone and cast concrete/ceramic tile. Earlier in her career, Mason extensively produced and exhibited widely in the medium of ceramics.

Mason’s aim is to create a sense of a “private,” intimate space within the larger natural world and public built-environment. She has been honored with over 45 awards for her artwork. A Fulbright Senior Professorship to Japan allowed her to study the sense of form, space and iconic relationships in the “transformed” nature of Japanese gardens. Mason has had 20 solo exhibitions and her work has been included in over 150 curated group exhibitions here and abroad. A college professor for many years, her works are in over 125 public, corporate and private collections across the U.S. and in

several foreign countries.

For more information, please contact:

UI School of Art & Art History – Annette Niebuhr (319) 335-1376 or art@uiowa.edu

UI Museum of Art – (319) 335-1727

The Ceramics Center

Ben Jensen, Director

(319) 365-9644

info@theceramicscenter.org

www.theceramicscenter.org

Shirley Wyrick

(319) 338-4194

shirley_wyrick@msn.com

132 Potomac Drive

Iowa City IA 52245