Visiting Artist - ROSCOE WILSON
In celebration of Earth Day the Dept of Art & Design and
The Student Sculpture Society welcomes to ETSU campus
Sculpture / Painter / Installation Artist
Roscoe Wilson
Art Installation at Sherrod Library Mall : April 21 – 23
Public Artist Lecture : Thursday, April 22 / 4:00 – 5:00pm
Ball Hall (Lecture Hall) room 127
Since 2005, Roscoe has been included in over 30 National and International Juried Exhibitions and 9 solo exhibitions; including the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids MI, the Propeller Centre in Toronto Canada, the Ronnebaeksholm Arts & Culture Centre in Denmark, as well as many others. Most recently he has been awarded a grant from the Puffin Foundation Inc.
Roscoe received his B.A. (1997) from Wabash College in Indiana, a M.A. (1999) from Purdue University in West Lafayette Indiana, and a M.F.A (2002) from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. While at UW-Madison he was able to study the history of environmentalism and drew inspiration for his artwork from former Wisconsin residents and environmental pioneers like John Muir and Aldo Leopold. Roscoe currently teaches as an Associate Professor of Art at Miami University Hamilton in Ohio where he now resides.
Supported and sponsored by the SGA and Student Sculpture Society.
