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Date(s) - 02/27/2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Please join the Department of Art and Design for a Reception to celebrate the sculptures of Emilie Brzezinski that are on display in the Information Commons and the Art and Design Center.
Feb 27 from 5pm-7pm in the Info Commons
Emilie Brzezinski (1932–2022) was a sculptor and artist whose themes focused on nature. She created monumental wood sculptures, using a chain saw and ax to carve towering forms that breathed new life into felled trunks. Her work remains as completely unique.
Emilie’s daughter, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski, will join by zoom.
The Power of Creativity and Nature through the Eyes of Sculptor Emilie Brzezinski
“When I work with tree trunks, I am grateful to nature for presenting me with certain gestures, lines, and spaces. Nature always offers the clues. The lines of each trunk lead me, direct me, I enter an almost trancelike moment, with the chainsaw responding to the moments in history locked in the trunks. Any anxiety that I have fades away as I enter a dialogue with each piece, uncovering the secret shapes of the trees, and the beautiful nature-given elements.” – Emilie Brzezinski
