ART INSIGHTS PRESENTS CERAMIC ARTIST JARED WARD (CC: Nov 17)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/7/11
Whitney Hershberger
Marketing and Public Relations Associate
College of Performing and Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
Office: 435-865-8667
cpvamktg@suu.edu

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: ART INSIGHTS PRESENTS CERAMIC ARTIST JARED WARD

WHAT:            Jared Ward has created a career for himself that combines his talent for ceramics and his passion for education, giving him not only an impressive career but fulfilling as well.

                       He will present on his artistic style and career as well as share what inspires and motivates him to create and educate

WHO:               Southern Utah University, Department of Music

WHEN:             Thursday, November 17

TIME:               7:00pm

WHERE:           The Great Hall, Hunter Conference Center, SUU Campus

TICKETS:         Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

PRICES:           Free and the General Public is encouraged to attend.

ART INSIGHTS PRESENTS CERAMIC ARTIST JARED WARD

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Ceramicist Jared Ward has created a career for himself that combines his talent and his passion for education, giving him not only an impressive career but fulfilling as well. He will present on his artistic style and career as well as share what inspires and motivates him to create and educate at SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, Art Insights, on Thursday, November 17, 2011. The lecture begins at 7pm at the Great Hall in the Hunter Conference Center. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.

Jared Ward has been teaching ceramics for eleven years at the secondary and post-secondary level. He finds fulfillment in balancing his love for this art form as well as helping his students discover their own potential. Outside of being an arts educator, he makes time to explore his own creative interests by challenging himself creatively and conceptually through making bold choices in his work. His pieces are bold and colorful but with a certain level of simplicity that sets them a parts and draws the viewer in. Recently he has been working to create ceramic work that more closely reflects his ideas about family, relationships, and our connection to the rest of the world. He feels a connection to functional pottery and the ease with which it can portray relationships. Besides his functional pottery, he has begun experimenting with ceramic sculpture and indulging the opportunity to portray abstract ideas. His recent experimentation has prompted a body of work that utilizes icons and pictograms to help convey his message of community.

Learn more about Jared Ward’s artistic vision and style by attending his Art Insights’ appearance. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.