In celebration of Black History Month, the University Libraries are hosting an exhibit of sculptures and shadowbox artworks by UCA professor Bryan Massey Sr. in the lobby area of Mullins Library at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville through the end of March.
“After many years perfecting my skill-set, creating three-dimensional work comes to me as naturally as breathing,” said Massey. “I hope viewers see the finished work as a unique three-dimensional solution.”
He was recently selected as one of 84 artists nationally for inclusion in the book Studios and Work Spaces of Black American Artists. Massey’s sculpture, The Jazz Player, was selected and presented to former President Bill Clinton for the celebration and commemoration of the fifth-year anniversary of the Clinton Library in Little Rock in November 2009. It is now located in the Vogel-Schwartz Sculpture Garden in Little Rock. Massey also sculpted the Silas Hunt Memorial Sculpture, located between Old Main and the Pi Beta Phi Centennial Gate entrance. It was the first work of art commissioned by the university’s Public Art Oversight Committee.
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