Exhibit of Works by Michael J. Riha (11/4/2009 - 12/31/2009)

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Start Date:	11/4/2009	All Day
End Date:	12/31/2009

Main Campus - MULN - Mullins Library

Main Campus - MULN - Mullins Library
Room: Lobby

“Works by Michael J. Riha,” currently on display at Mullins Library, offers a tantalizing glimpse into the development of Riha’s abilities. There are still-life works that were created while Riha studied with a Russian set designer – Danila Korogodski, who, Riha says, “impressed upon me the importance of ‘seeing, not inventing, what it is that you see before you.’”

Also displayed is a series of watercolors, a quiet celebration of Gulley Park trees before last winter’s ice storm forever altered their shapes. Riha says he was inspired by a late December afternoon walk in Gulley Park with his wife.

The last set of images in the exhibit are sample set design renderings that Riha creates “as a means of communicating my ideas for the world of the play.” The striking stage renderings on their flat black backgrounds are, like the squirrel’s perspective of a Gulley Park tree, an absorbing glimpse into a world most of us will only see from a more common, spectator’s perspective.

Michael J. Riha, a native of Wisconsin, holds a bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Fine Arts in Scenic Design/Technical Direction from Indiana University. He is currently a Professor of Dramatic Arts at the University of Arkansas.

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Exhibit of Works by Michael J. Riha (11/4/2009 - 12/31/2009)