Ithaca College

The Art Department Presents, visiting artist, Ken Ragsdale: Oct. 23rd

• Artist Lecture 2-3pm in Ceracche room 126
• Workshop in 3-D Design 3-4:40pm in Ceracche room 109

Pacific Northwest native Ken Ragsdale is an Albany, NY based artist. His work, derived from personal memories; is process driven, focused on narrative, and involves a mixture of many artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, sculpture, paper-craft, theatre lighting, and photography.

The content of his recent work reflects his own childhood narrative and its metaphorical relationship with that of the growth of America as a nation.

He attended The Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon and The University at Albany.

He is currently a Lecturer in the Art Department at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and is on the board of directors of Collar Works Gallery, both in Troy, New York.

His work has been exhibited in many regional, national, and international venues, including The Oregon Center for Photographic Arts' Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon and The Design Museum in Chicago,Illinois.

He is represented by Front Room Gallery in New York City.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Dara Engler at dengler@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-7924. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.