47 East 200 North St. George, UT 84770 (435) 627-4525 museum@sgcity.org Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm 3rd Thursday 10am - 9pm Return to Current Exhibits Return to Past Exhibits Glen Blakley Pottery Show available: March 31, 2007 through July 07, 2007 Glen Blakley, the first Director of the St. George Art Museum, returns as an artist in this long awaited exhibit in conjunction with the Canyon Country paintings of Roland Lee. Glen says that as a potter, I take earth, water, and fire and make "rocks". Then I fire a coat of glass over the rocks and call them pots. You can see them, touch, them, hold them, break them, give them away, or use them up. As a teacher and educator, my responsibility is to make the world a more beautiful and safe place to live, while helping my students, family, and friends attain a fullness of joy and happiness. Glen Blakley enjoys teaching, traveling, and creating art. He exhibits his work throughout the United States and overseas. Glen has art work in private collections around the world. As a writer, Glen has published over 70 articles in the NCECA Journal, NCECA News, Clay Times, Crafts Report, Ceramic Monthly, and other scholarly magazines. He was Director at Large for the National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts (NCECA) and has been their official photographer for 15 years. His photography has been published in major magazines and journals in the United States and abroad. Since coming to St. George in 1976, Glen has worked to bring art experiences to the college, the community and the state of Utah. He has served on the Dixie Task Force, the St. George Arts Commission, the Southwest Utah Arts Council as president, the St. George Film Commission, and the Utah Arts Council Advisory Board. He was the first director of the annual St. George Art Festival and still serves as a juror. Glen has directed travel-study programs to art museums in the Western United States for 30 years and recently returned from his 13th annual travel-study trip to Europe. He organizes and directs one or two trips each summer to Europe. Glen received an MFA degree from Brigham Young University. He then taught art in Oregon City High School (Oregon City, Oregon) and later at Brigham Young University. Since 1976 he has been a professor of art at Dixie State college in St. George, Utah. Glen Blakley will be giving a free 3rd Thursday Art Conversation on June 21 at 7pm at the Museum.