Artist To Unveil Sculpture At Eau Claire

International Arts Award winner Karl Wilkes, artist-in-residence at Eau Claire High School, will unveil a mural sculpture at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in the school’s media center.

Wilkes, a South Carolina native, is a renowned multimedia artist. He has displayed his works on Capitol Hill and in Carnegie Hall. He also has works in museums from London to Japan and is set to release a limited-edition Black History Month program for Burger King in 2006. His artist-in-residency program at Eau Claire includes the advanced teaching of visual art, acting, directing, film-making, photography and radio to 210 students.

Student works will be on display during Thursday’s unveiling ceremony, as well as Wilkes’ Carnegie Hall exhibit "Unspoken Words Heard Visually." The ceremony also will include the presentation of certificates and awards to the participating students. In addition, there will be a three-minute dramatic performance entitled "Drama University" by the students who studied acting under Wilkes and a four-minute, one-man performance to be submitted for a national commercial for the United Negro College Fund entitled, "My Brother’s Keeper."

Additionally, Wilkes is presenting to the school his famed "History Lesson #5" limited-edition piece to the staff and principal at Eau Claire. This piece will be the focal point of Wilkes’ tour of 105 historically black colleges and universities that supports the White House initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

For more information, contact Janice Johnson at Eau Claire at 735-7600, ext. 7623.