Visiting Artist Lecture with Sharif Bey
When:
Tuesday, Nov 08, 2016 5:30p -
6:30p
Tuesday, Nov 08, 2016 5:30p -
6:30p
Where:
Harvard Ed Portal
224 Western Ave
Allston, Massachusetts 02134
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art, Lectures & Conferences, Performing Arts, Social Good, University
Event website:
http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/event/visiting-artist-lecture-sharif-bey
After you have voted, join us in welcoming artist, author and educator Dr. Sharif Bey as he shares his body of work and the influences behind it.
This lecture is free and open to the public. Please reserve your free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visiting-artist-lecture-with-sharif-bey-tickets-26924914143
Dr. Sharif Bey is an Associate professor of art education at Syracuse University. Bey had a transformative experience in ceramics as a high school student while attending the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild's (MCG) apprenticeship program in Pittsburgh, PA. After completing his MFA, Bey returned to MCG where he was then employed in the Youth Development Program as the Ceramics studio coordinator where he supervised a staff of teaching artists, offered curricular support to Pittsburgh Public School teachers, conducted teacher training workshops and ran an after school art program. These formative experiences ultimately led to his pursuit of a doctoral degree in art education which he completed at Penn State. As a doctoral student Dr. Bey was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship where he conducted research on post-socialist art education reforms, as a scholar and artist in residence, at The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia. Subsequently he has published numerous articles in academic journals. Bey has extensive experience in ceramics and art teacher training and has facilitated collaborative opportunities in the visual arts for adults and K-12 students in museums, arts centers, schools and universities throughout the United States. In addition to being an active scholar, he continues to exhibit nationally and internationally.
Over that past 10 years Bey has served as a resident artist at The McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hunter College in New York City, Vermont Studio Center, and most recently at the John Michael Kohler Art Center, in Wisconsin. Bey¹s studio work ranges from decorative/functional pottery to conceptual wearable ceramic sculptures, which are influenced by ritual and identity.
