Things have been very busy lately with Installations Popping up in Georgia, Virginia and Florida! I just returned from installing sculptures in Suwanee, GA and Roanoke, VA. I was thrilled with the placement of the pieces and quality of both exhibitions. Dancer XX was installed as part of the new round of
Author Archives: Jack Howard-Potter
Sculptures Featured on Yahoo! News!
Jack Howard-Potter Sculptures Featured on Yahoo! News! Take some time today and look through this great slideshow of my sculptures. The figures seen here represent a ten-year span of my career (2004 through 2014). You can clearly see my continued interest in the figure over this time, as well as the different ways I have
Dancer XX Dream & ArtPrize Installation Video
Have you ever dreamed about doing something huge? I made a twenty foot tall kinetic figurative steel sculpture that flows with the wind. Check it out in this Dancer XX Dream and ArtPrize Installation Video!!! About half a year ago, in April 2014, I had a vision to build a
Amazing Photography of The Muse
I was pleasantly surprised when I received some amazing photography of The Muse at the Southern Vermont Arts Center today. Ali emailed me through my Facebook page and posted some incredible pictures she took last night of The Muse in the darkness of the moon! The results are a stunning
Check out the Media Buzz at ArtPrize 2014 – Figures in Motion
With ArtPrize 2014 in full swing I wanted to share some of the media buzz for Figures in Motion. I was delighted to do a few interviews during the installation of Dancer XX as well as all the other sculptures in the Fifth Third Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids. I was
ArtPrize Early Buzz List!
I am very pleased to share that I made a short list of entries for the 2014 ArtPrize Early Buzz list! http://www.artprize.org/lists/list/2639/?page=1-2 The list is a group of the top twenty-five entries appearing on lists generated through the ArtPrize App. I am honored to be in such good company with
ArtPrize 2014 – Grand Rapids Michigan – Sept. 24th – Oct. 12th
I am thrilled to be heading out to Grand Rapids Michigan for ArtPrize 2014. Opening Wednesday Sept. 24th and showing through Sunday Oct. 12th I will be displaying my entry titled: Figures in Motion. My work will be installed in the plaza of Fifth Third Bank on the corner of
Installation – Sculptures Appear & Disappear
Ever wonder how sculptures appear and disappear seemingly by magic? Well take a look behind the curtain and watch this time lapse video of the installation of a show I did back in May as part of the Long Island City Arts Open. You will get a glimpse into how
Pulling III installed in Leonia New Jersey!!
My sculpture Pulling III has been installed in Leonia, New Jersey as part of the Sculpture for Leonia program. Take a quick trip out of Manhattan and go over the George Washington Bridge to visit the lovely town of Leonia New Jersey. Pulling III has landed in a little gem called the Erika and
Nereid Sculpture 2009: Two Views, In Progress vs. Finished – My Process
This is one of my favorite sculptures. It was made as a commission for a patron in Florida who went so far as to request a very specific pose and theme for the sculpture. At first I was a bit skeptical about taking direction from him on the look and design of one of my sculptures. As an artist I have always felt I should make what I need to make and what I want people to see, then show it to the world. I never wanted to fit my vision into someone else’s box and be constrained by the ‘eyes’ of someone else. But after a few long phone conversations about pose, theme, design and look I got comfortable with this clients vision and actually enjoyed the process of collaboration.