2010 Judges
Judges for the 2010 DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts are Patrick Dougerty and Robert Ebendorf.
North Carolina-based artist Patrick Dougherty has gained an international reputation for his natural-wood structures and has created hundreds of monumental, site-specific sculptures around the world. His work is constructed from saplings gathered from local sources and shaped into massive, swirling forms as high as 40 feet. In his work, Dougherty combines his carpentry skills with his love for nature. In the early 1980s he began incorporating primitive techniques of building and experimenting with tree saplings as construction material.
In 1982 his first work, MapleBodyWrap was included in the North Carolina Biennial Artists' Exhibition sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Art. The following year, he produced his first solo exhibition, Waiting It Out In Maple, at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His work quickly evolved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental-scale environments which required saplings by the truckloads. Over the past two decades, he has built more than 150 works throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
an internationally recognized metalsmith and educator, Robert Ebendorf currently holds the title of Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor at East Carolina University. He received his BA and MFA from the University of Kansas and also received a Fullbright to study at the State School for Applied Arts and Crafts in Oslo, Norway. A founding member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, Bob is represented in many worldwide collections including the Metropolitan Museum of New York, The Victoria and Albert Museum in England, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Mint Museum of Craft-Design in Charlotte, NC.
