“Richard Hunt: Past & Present”, on display in the Lubeznik Center for the Arts’ Hyndman Gallery from September 15 through December 9, features work from Hunt’s illustrious career, highlighting examples of the sculptor’s work from the 1970’s to present. Exhibit pieces will include a range of major commissions, tiny maquettes, mid-size studio pieces, photographic murals, drawings and prints. Richard Hunt, born and educated in Chicago, “has been a major figure in American Art for forty years”. He has completed more public sculptures than any other artist in the country and is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees. Hunt’s graceful works are “inspired by [his] life experiences and his African-American heritage, reflecting the rhythm of poetry, the intensity of the spiritual and the enlightenment of the prophet”. “Past & Present” is curated by Suzanne Cohan-Lange, a sculptor and the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Lubeznik Center for the Arts. Cohan-Lange recently retired as the chair of the Interdisciplinary Arts Department at Columbia College Chicago, a program she co-founded thirty years ago. Target is the presenting sponsor, with other generous exhibition support provided by: NIPSCO, Lamar Advertising Company, Indiana University Northwest and WNIT Public Television. The Unity Foundation of

LaPorte County has provided funding for children’s educational programs related to this exhibit. Please join us for a special Opening Benefit on September 15 from 6:00 – 10:00 pm. Proceeds support the Lubeznik Center for the Arts educational programming and United Negro College Fund scholarships in Northwest Indiana. Tickets for the Opening Benefit are $100 per person. Lubeznik Center members can purchase tickets at a special rate of $75 per person. Reservation deadline is September 10. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.lubeznikcenter.org or call 219-874-4900. Special Benefit Promotion: Contributors of $150, over and above ticket purchase, will receive an exhibit catalog signed by the artist. Also on display September 15 – December 9: • “Making Hay while the Sun Shines” in the Brincka and Library Galleries, features collaborative interpretive art pieces by Area Artists Association members Jon Hook and Andrea Peterson. Works are inspired by environmental ideas and utilize indigenous materials. • “US Steel Gary Works Photographic Collection”, on loan from Indiana University Northwest Calumet Regional Archives in the NIPSCO Art Education Studios. The collection comprises about 2,200 black & white images of the construction and operation of USS Gary Works and the City of Gary, spanning the years between 1906 and 1971. The public is welcome to attend the Artists’ Reception for all exhibits on Saturday, October 6 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Also join us for the educational programs in conjunction with the “Richard Hunt: Past & Present” exhibit: • September 20 at 7:00 pm – Women of Purpose & Power Choir performs gospel music. • September 27 at 7:00 pm – Richard Hunt: A Sculptor for our Time, a special visual presentation by Joan Chesterton. Co-sponsored by the Lubeznik Center and Purdue University North Central. $5 donation. • September 29 at 2:00 pm – Family Sculpture-Making Workshop. A $3 donation is requested for educational programs unless otherwise indicated, and LCA members are admitted free. All events are Chicago time and are at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts at 101 W. 2nd St. in Michigan City, IN. For more details, please call 219-874-4900 or...visit www.lubeznikcenter.org

 

The Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W. 2nd St.
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