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
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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
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
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.
Jack Howard-Potter Radio Interview from 2013
About a year ago I did a very fun interview with an old college friend Jesse Shafer and his partner Greg McHale for their New York centric website On the Real. They approached me about a series they were doing uncovering interesting new yorkers telling their stories. I had done
Long Island City Arts Open 2014
I am excited to once again be involved in Long Island City Arts Open 2014 (LICAO) with the presentation of two large-scale kinetic sculptures in a group show at The Gotham Center! The show at The Gotham Center is titled: Go Figure and includes 14 artists who all draw inspiration from
Controversial Sculpture Draws Praise and Criticism – Article
I was alerted to this article from the Highlands Today Publication about my most recent installation in Sebring, Florida. It seems the male figure makes some people a bit uncomfortable. I have dealt with this kind of criticism for the whole of my career doing public sculpture. There was a
Time Lapse – Winged Glory Installation, Sebring Fl
Ever wonder what it takes to put one of my sculptures on display? Installing a sculpture with a city government, sculpture park or museum for public display is a delicate dance of logistics. Well here is your chance to see what it takes in a time lapse video of the