{"id":506,"date":"2018-09-18T18:21:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T18:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/?page_id=506"},"modified":"2019-10-15T09:10:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T14:10:59","slug":"brent-collins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/brent-collins\/","title":{"rendered":"Brent Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full 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alt=\"Brent Collins sculptures\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide01-200x70.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide01-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide01-400x140.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide01-600x210.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide01-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide01-800x280.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide01.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper 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sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-carousel-item\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><img width=\"960\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide03.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Brent Collins sculptures\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide03-200x70.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide03-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide03-400x140.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide03-600x210.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide03-768x269.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide03-800x280.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/slide03.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials classic fusion-testimonials-1\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#fusion-testimonials-1 a{border-color:#747474;}#fusion-testimonials-1 a:hover, #fusion-testimonials-1 .activeSlide{background-color: #747474;}.fusion-testimonials.classic.fusion-testimonials-1 .author:after{border-top-color:#f6f6f6 !important;}<\/style><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review no-avatar\"><blockquote><q style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#747474;\" class=\"fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>&#8220;My work communicates the beauty of mathematics in clarified visual form.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8212;<\/em>Brent Collins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/q><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\" style=\"color:#747474;\"><span class=\"company-name\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><div id=\"attachment_507\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-507\" class=\"wp-image-507 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/collins.jpg\" alt=\"Brent Collins\" width=\"260\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/collins-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/collins-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/collins-200x202.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/09\/collins.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brent Collins<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brent Collins recently announced his intention to donate his entire collection of work to Missouri Western State University. This donation is an exciting addition to the campus and both aesthetically and intellectually. Brent\u2019s work encapsulates mathematics within the forms to create\u00a0 objects that speak across disciplines. Three pieces permanently on display in the math and sciences building exemplify this connection. The opportunity to study and appreciate the ideas, craftsmanship, and execution of the work gives students a direct connection and understanding in three dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>Brent Collins\u2019 has been sculpting since 1968. He and his wife live just south of St. Joseph in Gower, Missouri. Making wooden patterns by hand, Brent then makes bronze castings from the patterns to create some of his work. Currently Brent uses a two-part epoxy to create forms in the series blossomes. The white surface of these pieces gives the viewer a chance to see how light defines the form.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Brent\u2019s works represent mathematical equations. His work has been studied and discussed by mathematicians around the world. \u201cMy work communicates the beauty of mathematics in clarified visual form,\u201d Collins says.<\/p>\n<p>His sculptures have been collected by H&amp;R Block, Warner Brothers, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Michigan, and various corporations and private collectors throughout the country. Brent has lectured at Microsoft, MIT, and Stanford University. Two of Brent\u2019s works were included in the 2009 Warner Brother\u2019s movie, Watchmen. Look for them in the character Dr. Manhattan\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":[],"_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}