Courses Commonly Taught:
- Ceramics
- Drawing
Areas of Special Interest:
- Clay Sculpture
- Drawing
Notes:
- Working Artist currently represented by Judith Racht Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Title | Department Chairperson, Instructor |
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Phone | (708) 596-2000 ext. 2445 |
jkirkpatrick | |
Personnel Type | Faculty |
Faculty Department | Art and Design |
Course Discipline | ART |
Location |
Main Campus
15800 South State Street |
Degrees |
B.F.A., Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois M.F.A., School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois |
Description | Along with being the current chair of the Art & Design Department, Jack is also the curator of the Lee E. Dulger Gallery located on SSC’s main campus. “I have a broad based background. Initially trained as a functional potter, I gradually became interested in drawing and sculpture as an expression of clay and its relationship to art making. My large-scale figurative terra cotta sculptures draw inspiration from ethnographic art and mythologic archetype.” “I make art like I cook. There’s a recipe and then you forget it, making do with what’s in front of you.” “Art…cooking…life…teaching… it all blends within the form, the recipe’s lost, but reinvented.” |
