BEN DOMBEY | glassblowing, welding, woodworking | NOV. 1-2
Originally from England, Ben Dombey lives and works in New Orleans, a leading global hub of glassblowing studios and artists. He is a skilled metal worker in addition to an expert glassblower and has a reputation for making sturdy sculptural works of fine art in a notoriously fragile medium. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tulane University and his Masters of Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dombey has shown his work in exhibitions and collaborated on large-scale installations in multiple galleries in New York, Louisiana, Ohio, Washington, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Belgium, and the Czech Republic. In recent years he has worked as a Demonstrating Artist for Ajeto Glass in Novy Bor, Czech Republic, as well as the Roman Furnace Project of the Provincial Archeological Museum in Zottegem, Belgium. Dombey has taught several semester-long studio classes at the Rochester Institute of Technology as well as Tulane University and has taught many workshops and exhibited his sculptures by invitation at the Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, the world’s largest space dedicated to the display of contemporary art and design in glass. This residency is sponsored by the School of Language and Literature in conjunction with the Department of Art and Design and is part of the “Our Louisiana Heritage” series. Additional support is provided by Engage Management. For more information, contact Dr. Adele Okoli at kokoli@uca.edu.
Torchwork Demonstration
Nov. 1, 2023 | 3-5 pm | Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E 9th St, Little Rock, AR 72202
Class Visit with Sculpture I (Art 3361)
Nov. 2, 2023 | 8-10:40 am | UCA Windgate Center 3D Building, Room 116
Art Display and Artist Talk-Back
Nov. 2, 2023 | 1:40-2:30 pm | UCA Windgate Center Art Lecture Hall, Room 167
Class Visit with French Students (French 3300): Seminar on Exile and Q & A
Nov. 2, 2023 | 2:40-3:55 pm | UCA Windgate Center Room 121