Thursday, February 21, 2008
Artist Stephen Pace will present public lecture
 The artist Stephen S. Pace will present a slideshow lecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in Kleymeyer Hall in the Liberal Arts Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.A prominent member of the New York Abstract Expressionists, Pace’s work has been exhibited in the nation’s most important galleries and museums. A New York Times review hailed his work for its “highly sophisticated use of color and bold, joyous composition.” The recipient of many honors and recognitions, Pace was awarded an honorary degree from USI in 2002, and in 2004 was given the Jimmy Ernst Award in Art by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Pace and his wife Palmina F. Pace recently retired to Indiana from homes in New York and Maine and are living at the Solarbron retirement community contiguous to the USI campus. Pace’s ties to Indiana were forged when he was a young man. He moved with his family to New Harmony, Indiana, when he was 17. He studied under Evansville artist Robert Lahr in the late 1930s. Though “retired,” he continues to paint daily. The Paces are generous donors to the USI Foundation. Last year the couple made a $1.5 million gift - a portion of which is helping establish the Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries in the Kenneth P. McCutchan Art Center. The McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries will open in September 2008. Over 200 paintings, sketch books, watercolors, and drawings were part of the gift. Five Pace paintings previously given to the USI Foundation that now hang in University buildings and 25 paintings and other works from this gift comprise the permanent Stephen S. Pace Collection at the University. The Paces also have endowed an art scholarship for USI students. For more information about Pace’s lecture, contact Michael Aakhus, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts, at 812/464-1853. |
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