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Aaron Lee Benson

• Professor of Art and Department Chair
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66 Result(s)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article(s)

• "Above the Arctic Circle," Clay Times. (September 2005)

Magazine Article(s)

• "Death is an Unacceptable Climax to Life," Cardus Online Magazine. (February 2010)
• "Ruminate Magazine cover image," Ruminate: A Christian Literary and Arts Journal. (December 2009)
• "That Thin Eternal Line," Cardus Online Magazine. (December 2008)

Presentation(s)

• "untitled" guest lecture. Tulsa, OK (February 2010)
• "Presenter of the workshop at the CIVA conference at Messiah College" "Art Departments in the New Millenium" . Grantham, PA (June 2007)
• "Presenter of a sculpture workshop for the WTAEA (West Tennessee Art Education Association Conference)" TN (April 2007)
• "Presented work at New York University" NY (August 2006)
• "Presented a workshop at University of the Nations " Kona, HI (March 2006)
• "Presented a ceramics workshop at Bluefield College" Bluefield, WV (February 2006)
• "Presented a workshop to art teachers in the Jackson-Madison County School System at Jackson-Merry High School " Jackson, TN (November 2005)
• "Presented a two-day workshop at Middle Georgia College " GA (October 2005)
• "God's Dependence on Creativity" Zerapath, NJ (March 2005)
• "God's Dependence Upon Creativity" Zerapath, NJ (November 2003)
• "God's Dependence Upon Creativity" Jackson, TN (April 2003)

Award/Recognition(s)

• Rosen 25 Annual Sculpture Award, Appalachian State Univ., Boone NC For "Love Hurts", stoneware, 7’/2’/2’, 2011
• Site-specific Sculpture Award, SculptureNow, Barrington, MA 2011
• Sculpture Prize, Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville TN For “Viewer Trap, Artist Catch and Release Program”, 20’/40’/7’, wood, 2011
• Ephemeral and Site Specific Australian Sculpture Prize, Sydney Australia For “Title Wave”, Sculpture by the Sea, wood, 40’/30’/7’, 2010
• Solo show at TTU along with two lectures 2009
• White River State Park Commission, Indianapolis, IN 2009
• Art in Public Spaces, Charlottesville,VA 2009
• Slavery sculpture commission at The Hermitage in Hermitage,TN 2009
• University of Louisiana Commission University of Louisiana sculpture commission, Monroe, LA, 2009
• Created large-scale sculpture for sanctuary of Englewood Baptist Church 2009
• Attended International Arts Movements Conference 2009
• McKinley Arts and Culture Center Commission Finalist, McKinley Arts and Culture Center Commission, Reno, NV , 2009
• Sculpture Key West Commission 2008
• Member of CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts) 2008
• Member of the International Arts Movement (IAM) 2008
• Member of Potter's Council 2008
• "Hurrican't Come Here No More" 50'x30'x8' Grand Prize, Sculpture Key West, 2007
• "Itinerant Man" 12'x9'x2' Art in Place, Sculpture Commission Charlottesville, VA, 2007
• "Adam and Eve" 10'x4'x3' Sculpture Walk, University of Indianapolis, 2007
• "Lazarus and the Rich Man" 10'x4'x2' Delta State University, 2007
• Jackson Union Sculpture Tour Served fifth year as director of JUST, 2007
• Selected as a finalist in the "Gateway to Rome" sculpture competition in Rome,GA 2007
• Awarded first place in the West Tennessee Regional Art Center show, Humboldt,TN 2006
• Included in the book "The Next Generation" Showcases the top 44 contemporary artists in the Christian faith, 2006
• Included in the book "Faith and Vision, 25 Years of Christians in the Visual Arts" 2006
• Selected as a finalist and group show participant in the National Juried Exhibition of Outdoor Sculpture in Owensboro,KY 2005
• Received a positive review in the August 19, 2005, issue of The New York Times 2005
• Presented a lecture to students at Jackson Central-Merry High School 2005
• Work received a positive review by The New York Times 2005
• Work published in The Next Generation 2005
• Work published in CIVA's Faith & Vision: Twenty-Five Years of Christians in the Visual Arts 2005
• Work published in Reluctant Partners 2005
• Work was exhibited in a group show at the Northshore Sculpture Park in Chicago,IL 2005
• Presented a lecture at Northshore Sculpture Park in Chicago,IL 2005
• Exhibited work at the Center Stage in Baltimore,MD 2005
• Work was exhibited in the Marquettes Group Show 2004
• Pew Grant for the 2002-03 Academic Year 2003
• Faculty of the Year, 2002-03 2003

Artistic Work(s)

• Two Witnesses stoneware, 8’/6’/3’, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, March 2010 - February 2011.
• That Thin Eternal Line permanent installation, stoneware, 9’/4’/3’, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA, February 2010 .
• 10,000 years solo show, Union University Art Gallery, Jackson, TN, February 2010 .
• cleft for me sculpture, Tulsa Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, February 2010 .
• untitled sculpture commission, City of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 2010 .
• Solo Exhibition Bluefield College, Bluefield, WV, February 2006 - March 2006.
• Museum of Biblical Art Group Show Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY, September 2005 .
• Exhibited work in a group show Exhibited work in a group show a MoBiA (Museum of Biblical Art), MoBiA (Museum of Biblical Art), New York, NY, September 2005 .
• Solo Exhibition Middle Georgia College, GA, September 2005 - October 2005.
• Solo exhibition Presented a solo show at Freed-Hardeman University, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN, November 2004 .
• "Thresholds" Lee Benson had five sculptures in this two-year traveling exhibit that toured five southeastern states. The show opened in Charleston, SC in December 2003., December 2003 - December 2005.
• What's Left Duke University, January 2003 - February 2003.
• New Works University of Alabama, AL, September 2002 - November 2002.

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