Avard T. Fairbanks Collection 1911-1981 1942-1981
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Oregon State University. Memorial Union
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The Memorial Union was dedicated in 1929 as the student union for the Oregon State campus and provides services and facilities to the campus and Corvallis communities. One of the Memorial Union's many programs is the Craft Center, which offers non-credit classes and access to studios for ceramics, photography, fiber arts, wood working, flass, fine arts, jewelry, and metalwork. The Ceramics 80 Conference, held in June 1980, was organized by Oregon State University Craft Center Manager Don Johnson...
Fairbanks, Avard T. (Avard Tennyson), 1897-1987
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Avard Tennyson Fairbanks (1897-1987) was born to John B. and Lilly Annetta Huish Fairbanks. His artistic talent was recognized around the age of twelve when he created his first sculpture, a rabbit, which he entered in the Utah State Fair. A year later he began to copy sculptures from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and was awarded scholarships to continue his studies. Fairbanks' obvious talent later took him to the finest art schools in the United States and France. He was commission...
Fairbanks, Eugene F.
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Sculptor and teacher. From the description of Abraham Lincoln sculpture and other sculpture by Avard T. Fairbanks , 1942-1965 / information assembled by Eugene Fairbanks. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 695461529 Mormon sculptor and Dean of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. From the guide to the Representative sculpture, biography, and bibliography of Avard T. Fairbanks, 1940-1980, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Eugene ...
