Spotlight: Sculpture

Recent BFA Sculpture alumni achievements:

Mike Calway-Fagen (BFA 2006) is starting a new faculty position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Indiana University in Bloomington this fall. Originally from Nashville, Mike earned a BFA from UTK in 2006 and an MFA from the University of California in San Diego in 2012. He was most recently a Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. He has also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, residencies at Sculpture Space in Utica, NY and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE among others. His work may be viewed at http://mikecalway-fagen.com

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A.C. Wilson (BFA 2012) just completed a 2013 post-baccalaureate summer residency program at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) in Richmond, VA. He is back in Knoxville this fall and is continuing to work on his portfolio for upcoming MFA graduate school applications. A.C.’s new work may be seen at http://ac-wilson.com/home.html His sculpture was featured in the Dogwood Arts Festival’s 2013 NEXUS exhibit this past spring. He was recently featured on Other People’s Pixels blog http://blog.otherpeoplespixels.com/opp-art-critics-series-the-child-is-dead-taxidermy-art-as-resurrected-victorian-post-mortem-photography

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Tommy Dean Yasko, Jr. (BFA 2012) has been accepted in the MFA Sculpture program at Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Dean recently moved to Philadelphia, where he is setting up a new studio and starting graduate school this fall. His work was also in the 2013 NEXUS sculpture exhibit http://www.dogwoodarts.com/indoor-sculpture-exhibition/ Check out Dean’s sculptures, short films and videos at http://www.deanyasko.com