A new Artists Lecture Series began in Sylvania on November 3.  On December 1 the next featured artist will debut from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Canticle Center, 5335 Silica Drive. The lecture series features visiting artists on the first Thursday of the month in November, December, February, March and April. The lecture series is free and open to the public.

Co-presented by the Lourdes University Department of Art, the Orbis Ars student organization and the Sylvania Community Arts Commission’s (SCAC) Red Bird Art Walk, the artists will also have their work on exhibit the following day as part of SCAC’s Friday Red Bird Art Walk.

Forrest Sincoff Gard

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

Forrest Sincoff Gard is based in Columbus, Ohio. He is the associate editor for Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated. Mr. Sincoff Gard received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University and his Master of Fine Arts degree from Louisiana State University. In between undergraduate and graduate school, he competed a short-term artist residency at Red Lodge Clay Center and attended the University of Florida as a post-baccalaureate student. Mr. Sincoff Gard has exhibited his interactive artworks at the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale in South Korea, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia, The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts and many other prestigious institutions.