Conversations on Craft with OCAC President Denise Mullen

The guest is Denise Mullen, President of Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC). We'll discuss Conversations On Craft, a Public Forum at 7PM on April 16th in the Vollum Building, painting/drawing studio.

CONVERSATIONS ON CRAFT is a forum addressing the skill and art of creativity. Focused on a making space, the intention is to incite discourse and exercise motivations, aspirations, even prejudices that surround Contemporary Craft, particularly Craft’s persistent presence in a contemporary culture suspicious of labored beauty and material literacy.A public forum, with speakers including:

Howard Risatti (Moderator) - Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Art and Critical Theory , Department of Art History, Virgina Commonwealth University
Don Crow - Instructor in Resident OCAC MFA in Craft
Anna Gray and Ryan Willson Paulsen - Ford Family Foundation sponsored Golden Spot Artist in Resident at OCAC, Adjunct Instructors at Portland State University
Jeffry Mitchel - Collins sponsored Artist in Resident at OCAC
Ben Buswell - Ford Family Foundation sponsored Golden Spot Artist in Resident at OCAC, Instructor in Visual Arts at Portland Community College