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Show I , - : ;j; ' I V- U , , ' h , - A , jA V, t: I " V) is? A ;:;: k SCULPTURE EXHIBITION. Assistant Professor of art Richard Adams of Southern Utah State College's art department depar-tment will exhibit his sculpture at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, May 1 through 23. Pictured is "Arch and Beam, Structure No. 22," ceramic with formica base made by the artist in 1980. Adams exhibit slated similar minerals present in both. "These pieces are made of a low fire whiteware clay body which contains nylon fibers and various oxides have been applied. They are made in large sections and assembled for the completed piece," the artist said. The sculpture exhibition will run through May 23, 1980. Extended Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. weekdays; 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Schools :.nd organizations are encouraged en-couraged to schedule their group visits in advance. The Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah State College, Cedar City, announced that a ONE-MAN EXHIBITION OF RECENT CERAMIC SCULPTURE BY RICHARD ADAMS will open to the public Thursday evening, May 1, 1980, 7 to 9 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Richard Adams is an assistant professor of art at Southern Utah State College where he teaches ceramics, sculpture and related courses. He received his B.A. degree at Hobart College, Geneva, New York and received an M.F.A. degree from Indiana University, Bloomington. He served an apprenticeship under Tatsuzo Shimaoka in Mashiko, Japan. Prof. Adams has exhibited widely in juried and invitational in-vitational exhibitions, including in-cluding one and two-man exhibitions at Cerro Coso College, Ridgecrest, Calif.; Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Krannert Gallery, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana; Oakland City College, Oakland City, Indiana; In-diana; Indiana University Museum, Bloomington; The Robert Thorn Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan; and the Houghton Galleries, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York. The artist has received several awards, including first prize, National Small Sculpture Competition, San Diego, Calif. (1977) ; Depauw University purchase award, Indiana Ceramics Exhibition, University of Evansville (1977); merit award, Mid West Art, U.S.A.; Logansport, Indiana (1976); purchase award, Pottery V, . California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Calif. (1975); and a purchase award, Indiana Ceramics Show, University of Evansville (1974). Prof. Adams is represented in numerous permanent collections, including Southern Utah State College; Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana; University of Evansville; Orem City Library, Orem, Utah; Oakland City College; James S. Copley Library, La Jolla, Calif. ; and Cerro Coso College, Ridgecrest, Calif. Of his current work in the Braithwaite Gallery exhibition, the artist stated,"The architectural forms of the arch and monolith possess intrinsic ; mass and visual weight. Beams intersect, are suspended and weigh on the forms creating a visually questionable balance while adding physical stability. The beams, also function to further remove the forms from their historic context. "While in earlier pieces, I exploited the fragility of clay, in these most recent pieces I deny it. While the surfaces resemble stone and the forms refer to beams, creating them in clay allows me to make, t and adapt in a very direct, nandbuilding process. "Since I have lived in Utah, my work has progressively increased in size-perhaps as a result of the monumental landscape of canyons and mountains. The pieces, , like the Utah landscape, have an exposed surface quality of varied coloration as a result of the |