Local sculptor to speak at art guild meeting

By Tina Scott
Published on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 10:01 AM MST

Contributing Writer

Jesse Nevin, a local artist and sculptor, will discuss sculpting and bronze-casting at a meeting sponsored by the Art Guild of Eastern Arizona.

The meeting is free and will be Tuesday, June 19, at 6:30 p.m. at The Little Art Gallery, 832 N. Stadium Ave. in Thatcher.

Jesse Nevin, local artist and sculptor, will speak at the Art Guild of Eastern Arizona on June 19 at 6:30 p.m. Contributed photo

Although Nevin taught biology, earth science and chemistry at the high school level for 23 years, he retained his love of art. After a colleague saw some of his artwork and Nevin confessed that he liked drawing, he was asked to fill an open spot as an art teacher for one semester.

“That whetted my appetite,” Nevin said.

A few years later, a friend and drawing teacher at Dobson High School in Mesa mentioned he would be retiring soon. Nevin took the opportunity to go back and minor in art. “I had my minor completed when he retired, and I took over his job as drawing teacher at Dobson and later became the department chair,” Nevin said. “I taught drawing, painting and photography for nine years.”

Nevin moved to the Gila Valley after he retired several years ago, but he has agreed to teach drawing and oil painting for the fall semester at EAC. “I really love teaching drawing, and I miss it,” Nevin said.

For his own art Nevin likes the 3-D nature of sculpture. He enjoys both clay sculpture and bronze-casting for their different qualities. “I love the immediacy of ceramics and clay sculpture,” Nevin said, “Yet bronze-casting is definitely a more lasting medium. There are bronzes that are 2,000 to 3,000 years old that still look as good as when they were made.”

For information on the art guild go to ageaz.org.

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