Icelandic artist, Steinunn Thorarinsdottir, has been named the Distinguished Lecturer for the Governors State University College of Arts and Sciences for the autumn, 2009 term and will be present during Artsfest to provide commentary on her work. Horizons, a temporary installation of Thorarinsdottir's sculpture, will be featured prominently within the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park though September of 2010. “Thorarinsdottir’s work touches on themes of loneliness and isolation with threads of hope implied by glass inserts that provide an aura of spirituality,” said Geoffrey Bates, Director and Curator of the park.Thorarinsdottir has exhibited widely in Europe and the U.K. and has been commissioned by both the Icelandic and English governments for major sculptural installations. Horizons has been seen in New York and Texas and will continue to travel after its stay in University Park. The work is featured in the documentary, Horizons, by independent filmmaker Frank Cantor, which won the CINE Special Jury Award in Washington as the best documentary of 2008.
Engbretson Hall: 5:00 - 6:00
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