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As part of this year’s Temple Visiting Lecture Series, artist William T. Williams will speak about his work and influences 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Williams Center for the Arts, room 108.
A public reception will follow in the lobby where special musical guest Karen Patterson will perform on cello.
During Williams’ visit, he will meet with art students and faculty and work in the Experimental Printmaking Institute (EPI) developing a print that will be produced by EPI as a limited edition.
The David L. Sr. and Helen J. Temple Visiting Lecture Series Fund established by Riley K. Temple ’71, which supports the work of artists, curators, and art historians, sponsored the visit. The annual festival, now in its seventh year, is coordinated by EPI, which is directed by Curlee Holton, professor and head of art. Recent participants in the program have included sculptor Melvin Edwards and artists Emma Amos and Robin Holder.
For more information, please contact EPI at 610-330-5592.
Williams received a B.A. in fine arts from Pratt Institute in 1966, and his M.A. in fine arts from Yale School of Fine Arts, Yale University in 1968. Born in Cross Creek, North Carolina, he is now a resident of New York City where he has been the professor of art at City University of New York, Brooklyn College, since 1971. His works have been shown in numerous museums, nationally and internationally, and are included in the permanent collections of leading museums in the country such as Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Detroit Museum of Art.
Patterson has performed and taught cello for over ten years. Her experience is as varied and unique as the repertoire she performs—jazz, spirituals, classical and contemporary works—and the audiences she reaches—from throughout the United States, South America, and Europe. Patterson’s inspirations and philosophies are deeply rooted in a family tradition of perseverance and pride. She earned a B.A. from Ohio University and an M.A. from Antioch International University, in both cases combining the study of performance with traditional education.