Art Council’s “The Window” on the Walkway

Features Artist of the Month, Les Miley

EVANSVILLE, IN – The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana is now featuring world renowned local ceramicist, Les Miley, as November’s Artist of the Month and his work can be publicly viewed in “The Window” on the walkway between 3rd and 4th Streets on south Main. The public will be able to meet the artist and Miley will be talking about his historical work in clay at The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery on Tuesday, November 8 at 11:00 AM.

With over 45 years of work in clay, Miley focuses on the plastic elements of shape, color and texture. His concern with shape is expressed in the wheel-thrown vessels. The shape remains the stable element in his work, while the color and texture expresses his reactions to landscape and atmospheric conditions.

Miley, who began his career with the University of Evansville as an art Instructor in 1961, has been published in nine books, has received numerous honors including Who’s Who in American Art, 12th through 25th editions, and has had his works in over 300 competitive, solo and group exhibitions including “Salzbrand 86: International Salt Glaze Exhibition” in Koblenz, West Germany. His specialty is the salt-glazing technique, a method by which clay pieces are glazed with rock salt in a high-temperature kiln.

The exhibition is available for public viewing on the walkway until the week of Thanksgiving.

“With Main Street’s work almost complete and the new Ford Center on the brink of upcoming events, the Arts Council is excited to feature “The Window” in a fresh and unique perspective. We are excited to have people view art by local artists that will be displayed in “The Window” each month. Some of Miley’s pieces exhibited in “The Window” are for sale,” said Libby Goedde, the new Communications and Gallery Events Manager at the Arts Council.

Founded in 1970, The Arts Council is to be the best source of information and advocacy by increasing awareness and accessibility of the arts and for the arts, arts education and arts organizations in southwestern Indiana.