The opening Reception is Thursday, October 3 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. At 5:30 there will be a dedication ceremony for Dick Marcusen sculpture
The Patty McMullen-Mikles Art Gallery on the Verde Valley Campus of Yavapai Community College will feature and exhibit of Wabi-Sabi artwork that is imperfect, irregular or asymmetrical. Wabi-Sabi is the mindset of accepting and finding beauty in the imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.
The opening reception is scheduled for Thursday, October 3 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. It will include a dedication ceremony for the Dick Marcusen Sculpture at 5:30 pm. Marcusen is a local sculptor and foundational artist.
The new sculpture will be installed by Building “F” near the gallery. It is a metal artwork created by Dick Marcusen from the beginning of his art career. One of the founding members of the Yavapai College Art Department, Marcusen began teaching at the Community College in 1971. Over the course of 30 years at Yavapai Community College, he taught Jewelry, Sculpture, Three-Dimensional Design, Welded Metal Sculpture, and Woodworking. He welcomed digital media into the art program and was instrumental in creating the beautiful Prescott Campus Sculpture Garden. The sculpture was donated by Albert Kaminski, an adjunct science instructor at Yavapai Community College who also enjoyed art classes. The dedication, as noted above, will take place at 5:30 p.m.
