Reception and gallery talk with retired art professor set for Sept. 14
The University of Texas at Tyler has announced the opening of “Artifacts of Wayfinding (a Visual Play in Three Acts),’’ a solo exhibition featuring the newest work of retired UT Tyler professor James R. Pace, at the University’s Fine Arts Complex Gallery.
A reception and gallery talk with the artist is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14. The exhibition, presented by the Department of Art and Art History, continues through Thursday, Oct. 11.
A Distinguished Professor of Visual Art, Pace recently retired after teaching in the UT Tyler College of Arts and Sciences since 1985. He has exhibited nationally and internationally for more than 40 years and has received numerous awards for his paintings, drawings, prints and mixed media work.
Pace maintains an active practice in his East Texas art studio and continues to serve as a juror, lecturer and visiting artist at museums, galleries, art centers and universities across the U.S. and in Germany and Japan.
He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma.
The Fine Arts Complex Gallery is open to the public 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 903.566.7237 or email gallery coordinator Michelle Taff at mtaff@uttyler.edu.