There is in South Carolina a sculpture garden that apparently is known by few of my fellow sculptors in the West. Brookgreen Gardens was founded in 1931 by Archer Milton Huntington, a railroad magnate, and Anna Hyatt Huntington, his wife, sculptor. The sculpture collection consists of over 500 pieces in stone and metal of figurative work by American sculptors displayed in […]
I arrived home early one day, much to the chagrin of my two hormones-from-hell riddled sons and one of their friends. I walked into one of those “caught in the act” moments where the three of them were crammed onto the sofa, faces red, giggles suppressed. More revealing, however, when asked what they’d been doing, was the overly hearty, perfectly in unison “Nothing!”. (The McGuire Sisters would have […]
Who are you? I grew up in Nasria, Iraq, the third in a family of 11 children. I had an uncle who used to do small drawings and oil paintings. When I was three or four I was fascinated. In school I drew a lot and had a grade school teacher who exposed us to fine art. A friend […]
It’s when things are going well that change seems the most strange and disconcerting. That in part is why, when Vic Picou announced that he was stepping down as the leader of the Camp Brotherhood symposium, it seemed like such an insurmountable task to fill his steel-toed boots. Vic has given NWSSA endless hours of volunteer work, donations, spirit and most importantly, vision since 1987. Because of his […]
As I get ready to head out to Camp B tomorrow, it seems odd to be writing something that people won’t read until Camp B is long over. Things seem to happen quickly, and the delay from the time of this writing to publication can make this obsolete in the blink of an eye. One of the changes since last newsletter is that we have […]
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