Lecture on Folk artist ET Wickham – Part 2
January 16, 2010
Dr. Dixie Webb, Professor of Art History, presented on January 14th at 2:00pm a slide show and lecture on local folk artist ET Wickham, at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center auditorium, on the corner of Commerce and South 2nd Streets in historic downtown Clarksville, TN. This lecture is part of the Winter Salon Series, a once-a-month artistic interlude put on by the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts of Austin Peay State University. [Read more]
Lecture on Folk artist ET Wickham – Part 1
January 16, 2010
Dr. Dixie Webb, Professor of Art History, presented on January 14th at 2:00pm a slide show and lecture on local folk artist ET Wickham, at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center auditorium, on the corner of Commerce and South 2nd Streets in historic downtown Clarksville, TN. This lecture is part of the Winter Salon Series, a once-a-month artistic interlude put on by the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts of Austin Peay State University.
A video used to be embedded here but the service that it was hosted on has shut down.APSU to present the first of the Winter Salon on ET Whickham at the Customs House Museum
January 11, 2010
Dr. Dixie Webb, Professor of Art History and Dean of the College of Arts & Letter, will present a slide show and lecture on local folk artist ET Wickham, at the Customs House Museum and
Cultural Center auditorium, on the corner of Commerce and South 2nd Streets on January 14 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM in historic downtown Clarksville.
From 1950 to his death in 1970, ET Wickham created a bevy of statues which featured Indian chiefs, politicians, patriots, and religious figures. The record shows that during this period he built over 30 life-size concrete statues. Wickham’s art is a well kept secret and a cultural treasure trove. Sadly over the last few years the statues have been repeatedly targeted by vandals. His work is featured at the Wickham Stone Park for more information visit their web site.
Christopher Burawa, the Director of the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts pointed out “The philosophy behind the series is that Art can happen any time, any place”. In our community the Center certainly fulfills that goal admirably.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0qMpNBVzW0
