Artist to deliver Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture Sept. 27
The Honors College at the University of Maine will present the TIAA-CREF 2016–2017 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture with artist Mark Pettegrow on Tuesday, Sept. 27.
Pettegrow will present “Fairing the Edge: In Search of Eloquent Form,” at 3:30 p.m. in Neville Hall, Room 101. In addition, an exhibition featuring several of Pettegrow’s sculptures will be on display in the President’s House from 1–3 p.m.
Pettegrow is a 1981 Honors graduate in fine art from UMaine. He studied with Robert Engman, Neil Welliver and Maurice Lowe at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts, earning a master’s degree in 1990.
He maintains a studio at his home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and works primarily in wax, plaster and clay for bronze casting or direct metal fabrication. Pettegrow frequently is commissioned to produce works for corporate and private collections, and in many residential architectural installations. Maine continues to be a source of inspiration for Pettegrow, who has family roots in Machiasport and a studio in Kennebunkport.
The Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture series is a collaboration between TIAA-CREF and the Honors College, and is co-sponsored this year by the UMaine Department of Art and the University of Maine Museum of Art. Each year, the lecture highlights the accomplishments of a UMaine Honors graduate. The event serves as an opportunity to recognize the individual’s accomplishments, vision and connection with the Honors College and UMaine.