Ceramicist Virgil Ortiz will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture for the Spring '19 semester on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. in Richards Hall Rm. 15. The lectures are free and open to the public.
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Art, Art History & Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students.
One of the most innovative potters of his time, Virgil Ortiz moves Pueblo pottery into a new era combining art, decor, fashion, video, and film. Ortiz keeps Cochiti pottery traditions alive but transforms them into a contemporary vision that embraces his Pueblo history and culture and merges it with apocalyptic themes, science fiction, and his own storytelling. Ortiz's exquisite works have been exhibited in museum collections around the world including the Stedelijk Museum - Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands; Paris's Foundation Cartier pour I'art Contemporain; the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art; and the Denver Art Museum.
https://virgilortiz.com/revolution/