Featured artist at Yuma Art Symposium – Scott Eagle
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories profiling 10 artists whose work will appear in the 39th annual Yuma Art Symposium, scheduled for Feb. 22-24.
Artist Scott Eagle works in a wide variety of media, including digital, and is interested in the idea of the creative act as thinking through making. Eagle serves as the assistant director of the School of Art and Design, at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., as well as its director of graduate studies and associate professor of painting and drawing.
His artworks have been exhibited and reproduced internationally, and publications featuring his artwork include The Oxford American, The New York Times, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Wired Magazine, Juxtapoz and numerous books.
This year’s symposium brings together nationally and internationally known artists working in metals, clay, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture and photography.
Some events in the Yuma Art Symposium are free and open to the public. Open events on Feb. 22 are a Pre-Symposium featuring visiting artists, beginning at 9:25 a.m. in the Art Building at Arizona Western College’s Yuma campus, an art pin exchange from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Lutes Casino, 221 S. Main St., and opening introductions for the symposium from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Historic Yuma Theatre, 254 S. Main St.
Open events on Feb. 23 include a student art show and art pin auction from 5 to 8 p.m. at Yuma Art Center galleries, 254 S. Main St.
Attendance at other symposium events are by registration only. Registrations fees are $175 or $90 for students.
For more information visit www.yumasymposium.org, or contact Neely Tompkins, 928-7821934 or neelyandgeorge@gmail.com.