Musick's outdoor sculpture reflects environmental concerns

Skidmore College, Schick Art Gallery and the Department of Art & Art History presents an exhibit of outdoor sculpture works by Pat Musick, June 8 through August 8, 2007. The artworks will be located adjacent to the Saisselin art building. An artist’s reception will be held on Thursday, June 21st, 6-7pm.

Musick calls her sculpture a reflection of the tension that exists between mankind and the natural environment, addressing the havoc that we have done to the natural world and the devastation that the natural world has wreaked upon mankind. She searches for ways to create harmony and healing of this situation both in media and content, finding that stone and wood speak for the physical world, while rusted steel addresses human abuse of the environment. She says, “Through my work these conditions come together in a conversation of peace and spiritual quiet, creating a reconciliation.”

Musick has an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. She has exhibited her sculpture widely across the U.S. and in Europe in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Her honors include multiple grants and fellowships. Her work is included in the permanent collections of these museums: Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ; the Huntsville Museum of Art, AL; Irving Art Center, Irving, TX; Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT; and the Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MO, among others. Musick has sculptures installed publicly at the following sites:  the Arkansas Aerospace Education Center; Cornell University College of Human Ecology, Ithaca, NY; Hilton Hotel Corporate Headquarters, Memphis, TN; International Center For transportation Studies, Rome, Italy; the Tyson Foods Corporate Headquarters, Springdale, AR; and the University of Arkansas, Morrillton, AR, among others.

The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Grounds are accessible during daylight hours.