CONWAY, Ark. (January 27, 2014) – The Hendrix College Department of Art will host UMI, a solo exhibition of recycled-materials sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Sayaka Ganz, Monday, Feb. 3 through Friday, Feb. 28 in Art Building A Gallery.
The exhibit is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The Japanese word "Umi" can mean the ocean, an infection, or to give birth. Driven by her passion for fitting odd shapes together and sympathy toward discarded objects, Ganz creates animals from thrift store plastics.
Ganz will speak about her work on opening night of the exhibit Monday, Feb. 3, at 6 p.m., in Art Building A110. There will be a public reception with refreshments in the gallery at 7 p.m. following her talk.
For more information, contact Hendrix art professor Melissa Gill at 501-505-1562 or
gill@hendrix.edu.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the sixth consecutive year, Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by U.S.
News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will
Change the Way You Think about Colleges, as well as the 2014 Princeton Review’s
The Best 378 Colleges, Forbes magazine's list of America's Top Colleges, and the 2014 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United
Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit
www.hendrix.edu.