Myers’ Associate Professor of Art, Kate Budd – a sculptor, and Assistant Professor Sherry Simms, a metalsmith by training, collaborated in putting together the Cross Over exhibition as an extension of their ongoing dialogues about their work, backgrounds and fields. Their shared interest in the relationship between sculpture and metals, and the merging of materials and techniques used by artists from each tradition was the inspiration for the exhibition. Budd and Simms will present a free public discussion and lecture on the exhibition on Wednesday, Jan. 24th, at 6 pm in Folk Hall, following the exhibition’s opening reception which starts at 4:30 pm.

Artists and work in the Cross Over exhibition include sculptors who craft chalices out of felt and bugle beads, metalsmiths who morph found objects into fantastical shapes, sculptors who create conceptually driven work using traditional blacksmithing techniques, and metalsmiths who decline to use any metal at all. Taken all together, the exhibition is a fascinating demonstration of the transcendence of artificial boundaries between the mediums of sculpture and metalsmithing.