Work of late UNR sculpture chair at Bristlecone Gallery

Capital City Arts Initiative presents work by the late artist, Robert Morrison, in the A Glimpse Back exhibition.

His work reflected an active and ongoing dialogue between geometric and organic forces. CCAI’s exhibit will be in the Western Nevada College Bristlecone Gallery, 2201 W. College Parkway, through Dec.11.

The gallery is open to the public, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. An artist’s reception will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Morrison created and showed his art for over five decades in many group and one-person exhibitions locally and nationally, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Florida, Texas, and New York.

He earned a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Fresno, a master’s degree from Stanford University, and did post-graduate studies at the University of California, Davis.

Sculpture Magazine did a feature article on Morrison written by William L. Fox in its March 2005 edition. The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Morrison a Visual Arts Fellowship in 1990, and the Nevada Arts Council awarded him Visual Arts Fellowships in 1990 and 1984.

He was professor in the art department and chair of the sculpture program at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1968-2017 and was awarded Emeritus status on his retirement.

The initiative is funded by the John and Grace Nauman Foundation, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Kaplan Family Charitable Fund, Southwest Gas Corp., Foundation, Steele & Associates LLC, and CCAI sponsors and members.

For information, visit www.ccainv.org.