Barton Egg Boat Exhibit by Horace Farlowe Opens
Sunday at Barton
(Unrestricted release to area news outlets)
WILSON, N.C.
— Discover the art of the “Lost Wax” process and its relationship to bronze as Barton
College honors the late Horace Farlowe, internationally renowned sculptor and alumnus,
with the Barton Egg Boat Exhibition opening on Sunday, Oct. 15 in the Lula E. Rackley Gallery of the Barton
Museum.
An opening reception, held in conjunction with the College’s
Homecoming Weekend, is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 15 from 2 – 4 p.m. in the Museum.
The Barton Egg Boat Exhibition will feature a bronze
sculpture created especially for Barton
College by Farlowe. Just prior to his death, Farlowe
released this limited edition sculpture in support of the arts at his alma
mater. Limited to 100 pieces, this 11.75
x 3.75 x 3.75 solid bronze egg boat at $1,500 offers collectors a rare piece of
Farlowe’s work.
Each Egg Boat is signed in the mold and hand numbered. The proceeds will
support an endowment Farlowe established for the
teaching of sculpture at Barton.
Interested collectors may contact Carolyn Brown in the Barton College
Office of Institutional Advancement at 1-800-422-4699 or email: chbrown@barton.edu.
Farlowe graduated from Barton
College in 1963 with a Bachelor of
Science degree in painting and continued his studies at East
Carolina University
where he completed a Master of Arts degree in sculpture. Prior to his art degrees, Farlowe
pursued architectural studies at North Carolina
State University. Farlowe had served
as Head of Sculpture at the University
of Georgia in Athens. Lauded internationally for his talents in the
area of sculpture, Farlowe was one of four artists
selected for the International Granite Carving Symposium at Lumsden, Scotland
during the Scottish Sculpture Workshop.
He was involved with the Oliver Strebelle
video project in Brussels, Belgium,
as well as the video project on contemporary stone carvers of Zimbabwe,
Africa. He also traveled
to Carrara
and Cortona, Italy
as a result of his sculpting expertise.
Prior to his art degrees, Farlowe
pursued architectural studies at North Carolina
State University. Farlowe was a
former Head of Sculpture at the University
of Georgia in Athens. Prior to that appointment, he enjoyed
visiting artist assignments at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Adams State College, Alamosa, Col.,
Bennett College in Greensboro, as well as several community colleges in North
Carolina.
Farlowe's work has been viewed in
over 100 exhibitions across the country and abroad. Shows abroad include Palazzo Casali, Cortona, and the Church
of San Stae,
Venice, Italy. Stateside, Farlowe
has been recognized with honors and/or exhibitions in Arkansas,
Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana,
New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, South
Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia.
Works by Farlowe are recognized in
over 28 permanent collections, including the Scottish Arts Council, Scotland;
North Carolina Zoological Park, Asheboro; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; North
Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc., Winston-Salem;
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.; Mitchell Company, Houston, Tex.; the
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Ga.; and the Complex Esportiu
Municipal, Barcelona, Spain, among others.
The “Lost Wax” process, the same used to create the Barton
Egg Boat, has been captured on 10 photographic panels by Keith Tew, director of
publications at Barton College. This 10-step process chronicles is the work
of artist Jodi Hollnagel-Jubran of Greenville, N.C.
The Barton Egg Boat Exhibit will be on view in the Barton
Museum Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. through December 5. For additional information regarding this
exhibition, please contact Susan Fecho, chair of the Barton College Department
of Art, at 252-399-6480 or email: sfecho@barton.edu.
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Questions? Please contact Kathy Daughety, director of
public relations, at 252-399-6529 or email: kdaugehty@barton.edu.