Join us on September 15, 2023 at 5:00pm for a conversation with Robert Harrison; Nicole Maria Evans, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art; and Randi O’Brien, Associate Professor, Irvine Valley College and Editor, Studio Potter Magazine. We will be holding a ribbon-cutting for Harrison’s two new outdoor sculptures on the north side of our building at 5:00pm, followed by the discussion panel and reception. Celebrated artist Robert Harrison will discuss his work in the featured exhibition Surface Dreams and Superstructures, slated through January 12, 2024.

Free and Open to the Public

Find out more at: www.the-square.org/robert-harrison

Robert Harrison is a practicing artist who lives and works in Helena, Montana, USA. He has built his 40+ year career in the site-specific large-scale architectural sculpture realm along with smaller-scale ceramic studio activity. He holds BFA and MFA degrees in Ceramics and is a member of the IAC (International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva), WABA (World Association of Brick Artists), RCA (Royal Canadian Academy of Arts) and is a Fellow of NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts). His exhibition and installation record is extensive and global. His book Sustainable Ceramics: A Practical Guide was co-published by Bloomsbury (London) and the American Ceramic Society (Ohio) in the fall of 2013.

Robert’s 35+ year association with the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts began in the summer of 1982 as a summer Resident Artist and from 1983-85 he was a full-time Resident Artist. In 1993 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Bray and served as President of the Board from 1998-2004, overseeing the first capital campaign at the Bray and construction of new year-round resident artists studios and resident center. He continues to serve on the facilities committee.