Dear family and friends,
I have had a long and successful career as both a professional sculptor and arts educator since receiving my BFA degree in 1973 and Masters degree in 1975 from Howard University in Washington D.C.
During that time I have passionately devoted my artistic production to the creation of large scale sculpture for public spaces. My professional accomplishment as a sculptor has been to consistently win, design and execute a major sculpture commission every other year for the past thirty two years as well as lecture widely on the subject. My work as a Public Arts specialist and scholar in the field has been both exhilarating and challenging resulting in the creation of a unique, impressive body of work from Atlanta to Alaska.
I am now at a point in life where I am preparing to transition from the field of Public Art into a new more personal direction for my work. I am marking this crossroads in my life with a major retrospective exhibiton of models, drawings and photographs of my Public Art commissions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta Georgia from November 10th, 2012 to Jan 12th, 2013.
Perhaps the most important aspect of this effort is the creation of an exhibition catalogue that documents my commissioned work as an artist.
I am soliciting assistance from family and friends in raising the $10,000 needed to pay for catalogue production cost. I would appreciate any financial contribution you can make. I have established a variety of original gifts of my artwork to be made available for donors to this important project. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in establishing this important catalogue document of my life’s work.
Sincerely,
Ayokunle Odeleye
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Annette Cone-Skelton President/CEO/Director The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia |
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) is pleased to host this retrospective exhibition of artwork by Master Sculptor, Ayokunle Odeleye.
This exhibit, which will include models, drawings and photographs of sculpture commissioned for public spaces across the United States, represents an impressive body of work in a long career of art production by one of Georgia's celebrated Public Art specialists.
MOCA GA is especially excited about this exhibition as it offers the public the unique opportunity to view the many processes undertaken by a professional sculptor in the design and execution of diverse and monumental gateway structures that serve as architectural markers for community identity.
The accompanying artist talks and panel discussions scheduled for the exhibit will offer insight into the artist creative process and the dynamic, ever changing phenomena of Public Art.
We encourage you to donate to the printing of an accompanying catalogue that will showcase Odeleye's complete body of work and forever cement his legacy as one of the most important Public Artists of his generation.
Please donate today!
Sincerely,
Annette Cone-Skelton