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Each month, Copper in the Arts features up-to-date listings celebrating copper’s use in the art world, including copper and copper-related gallery openings, exhibitions and artist events throughout the United States. If you have an event that you would like us to add, please contact the editor.

  • May 2013

  • June 2013

Mar 7 - Jun 30

Native Expressions: Dave McGary’s Bronze Realism

Dave McGary, at 52, is becoming a living legend among contemporary artists of the American West. He is considered the Master of Realism depicting Native American Indians and his many awards during the past decade more than verify his popularity among collectors and fellow artists. Realistic and colorful depictions of Native peoples preserved in bronze will be on display.
Booth Western Art Museum, 501 Museum Dr., Cartersville, GA, (770)-387-1300
Apr 2 - May 5

The American West

Experience the magnificence of the American West in these bronze sculptures by Wanda Lee Dammeyer, paired with vibrant western landscape paintings by Leonard Williams.
Studio 14, 14 E. Main St.,Tipp City, OH, (937) 890-3614
Apr 3 - Aug 4

Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui

Born in Ghana and long a resident of Nigeria where he maintains a productive studio, El Anatsui has for the past decade been creating spectacularly large, fabric-like sculpture from countless numbers of liquor-bottle caps linked together with twists of copper.
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, New York, NY, (718) 638-5000
Apr 4 - Oct 31

American Heroes in Bronze: The Artwork of James E. Kelly

This new exhibit explores the work of Irish-American sculptor James E. Kelly (1855-1933). In the decades following the American Civil War, over forty Union Generals visited the New York City studio of Kelly, who was highly respected for his artwork’s historical accuracy. While the war heroes sat, the artist conducted in-depth interviews regarding their wartime service, and heard their very personal stories of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Appomattox.
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Ave, Morristown, NJ, (973) 538-2404
Apr 5 - May 27

The Hugo Boss Prize 2012: Danh Vo I M U U R 2

A curated exhibit of found objects by Danh Vo, an artist born in Vietnam who grew up in Denmark and is the 2012 recipient of the museum’s biennial Hugo Boss Prize. Mr. Vo’s most robust piece by a mile and also his best-known effort is “We the People,” some 300 irregular sculptures in hammered copper, each of which copies at actual size, bit by bit, the entire outer skin of the Statue of Liberty.
Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th St., New York, NY, (212) 423-3500
Apr 19 - May 9

The Missouri River Recycled Art Exhibition

This exhibition will give regional artists the opportunity to feature works that exclusively use recycled materials and/or trash to make pieces of contemporary art. The show winners get an award trophy — one of 11 hefty, little original sculptures made by Bill Ryder from an oddball assortment of egg beaters, forks, copper coils and miscellaneous metal.
Holter Museum of Art, 12 E Lawrence St.,  Helena, MT, (406) 442-6400
May 4 - Jun 1

Terry Andrews Glass and Copper Sculpture Exhibition

On view at The Singing Stone is the artwork of Terry Andrews, a native Floridian from the Tampa area who's artwork includes contemporary copper and fused glass sculptures. The fusing work is done in a kiln, then used as accent pieces on the formed, cut and welded copper structures. Some are then decorated with lamp-work glass to create a whimsical and unique treasure. These vibrant and dimensional art pieces are designed as wall sculptures or table top pieces for both indoor and outdoor display.
Singing Stone Gallery & Studio, 1903 N 19 St., Tampa, FL, (813) 247-2787
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