Livewire 7: Ray Kass Presentation

John Cage’s Watercolor Painting Experience at the Mountain

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 151 / Music Box

Date & Time

October 28, 2016, 10:00 am11:00 am

Description

A presentation on the collaborations of Ray Kass and John Cage, and on the visual artworks by Cage that Kass has acquired.

Ray Kass is Professor Emeritus of Art at Virginia Tech, and founder and director of the Mountain Lake Workshop, a collaborative, community-based art project drawing on the customs, and environmental and technological resources of the New River Valley and the Appalachian region. He is an internationally recognized artist whose work is represented by Garvey/Simon: ART ACCESS in NYC and the Reynolds Gallery in Richmond, Virginia. During the 1980s, at Kass’s invitation, John Cage made repeated visits to the Mountain Lake Workshop, where he produced dozens of artworks.

The is a free event, open to the public.