University Libraries will recognize internationally known artist and regent’s professor Patrick Nagatani on Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman Library. As part of the ceremony, Nagatani will discuss his recent work in a lecture titled “Chromatherapy Images.”
Nagatani is a professor in the Department of Art and Art History. He has received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the College of Fine Arts and a regent’s professorship during his 19 years as a member of the UNM faculty.
He is a past recipient of two Visual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also received the Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellowship for Individual Photographer’s, the Kraszna-Krausz Award for his book “Nuclear Enchantment,” the Leopold Godowsky Jr. Color Photography Award and the California Distinguished Artist Award from the National Art Education Association. Last year, he received the “Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts” from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Nagatani received his M.F.A. degree from UCLA.
Nagatani’s lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served following the award presentation.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627
Posted by scarr at November 8, 2004 04:21 PM