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
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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
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
New kinetic body part collage: Kinancer L, steel, 31.5″ x 39″ x 19″, 2013
Here is a video of a new body part collage sculpture I just finished. It is kinetic and balances on the stand by gravity only. Hope you enjoy it! Kinancer L, steel, 31.5″ x 39″ x 19″, 2013 Your browser does not support the video tag.
Lots Happening This Summer!
There has been a flurry of activity with all the recent installation I have done in Georgia, Colorado, Long Island and most recently in Williamsburg and Cherry Valley New York! The two most recent shows that have been installed are The Crest Hardware Art Show and the Cherry Valley Sculpture