Art Department Travelogue

Professor Bob Huber, Pegram Chair in Fine Art has just returned from a trip to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.  Professor Huber visited the University with other American professors to assist in the creation of a glass-blowing facility.  Here are just a few of the many photos he took on his visit:

From Left: Kofi Adjei, MFA in Ceramics (KNUST), Professor Huber, Professor KK Broni (KNUST), the last living Ghanian student of the British potter, Michael Cardew, Professor Keaton Wynn of Georgia Southwestern University, Americus, GA.

Elementary school children from Kumasi Ghana happy to meet their American guests.

Undergraduate hand built pottery, Ceramics Department - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.

The market in Kumasi, Ghana

Brass jewelry being retrieved from it's ceramic shell.

A ladle pour at the Providence Creation brass casting workshop in Kumasi, Ghana

Building the steel frames for the new glass blowing studio at KNUST. The project is an on going collaboration between KNUST and the Art Department at Georgia Southwestern University, Americus, GA.