{"id":3907,"date":"2015-09-01T14:28:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T19:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=3907"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:21:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:21:05","slug":"closing-reception-for-brent-collins-exhibit-sept-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/01\/closing-reception-for-brent-collins-exhibit-sept-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Reception for Brent Collins Exhibit Sept. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/09\/Collins-Sculpture.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/09\/Collins-Sculpture.jpg\" alt=\"Collins Sculpture\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3908\" height=\"473\" width=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/09\/Collins-Sculpture-200x280.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/09\/Collins-Sculpture-222x310.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2015\/09\/Collins-Sculpture.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>The Department of Art and the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will host a closing reception for an exhibit of sculptor Brent Collins from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Potter Hall Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Brent Collins: Wood Sculptures is on display in the Potter Gallery through Sept. 4. Collins is an internationally known sculptor who earlier this year <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2015\/01\/17\/missouri-western-foundation-launches-20-million-campaign\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced his intention to give his entire artist\u2019s estate to Missouri Western<\/a> as part of the Centennial Capital Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Collins\u2019 work has been displayed all over the world, including the University of Michigan, H&amp;R Block Headquarters, the American Association for the Advancement of Science headquarters in Washington, D.C. and the UNESCO World Conference on Science in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy work communicates the beauty of mathematics in clarified visual form,\u201d Collins says.<\/p>\n<p>The Potter Art Gallery is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and admission is free.<\/p>\n<p><em>Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\">www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Art and the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University will host a closing reception for an exhibit of sculptor Brent Collins from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, in the Potter Hall Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. Brent Collins: Wood Sculptures is on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[67,48],"tags":[178,281,632,674],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8593,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907\/revisions\/8593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}