{"id":1682,"date":"2010-09-04T12:27:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T18:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2010-09-04T12:27:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T18:27:05","slug":"hot-off-the-press-exploring-forms-by-john-edward-svenson-an-american-sculptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2010\/09\/04\/hot-off-the-press-exploring-forms-by-john-edward-svenson-an-american-sculptor\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Off the Press, 'Exploring Forms by John Edward Svenson, an American Sculptor'"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sculptor John Svenson<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nSunday, Sept. 5\u00a0will be the first day anyone can get copies of a new book, Exploring Forms by John Edward Svenson, an American Sculptor<\/em>. The artist will sign copies between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Millard Sheets Center for the Arts. He\u2019ll sign copies when he demonstrates woodcarving during the Fair \u2013 Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Look for him in \u201cSvenson\u2019s Corner\u201d at MSCAF.
\n\"\"<\/a>Svenson\u2019s The Ranchero<\/em> stands at the entrance to MSCAF. He carved the sculpture out of a redwood tree in 1954 onsite at the Fair (see photo at right).
\nPhotographer Gene Sasse will also be signing his books \u2013 Maloof Beyond 90: An American Woodworker<\/em> and Garden Thoughts: Quotes and Inspiration for the Gardener<\/em> on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
\nWhile you\u2019re visiting MSCAF, don\u2019t miss art demonstrations by Elizabeth Carr (mixed media), Hillel Rzepka (hand-blown glass hearts), BJ Lane (oil painting), Marciano Martinez and Richard Martinez (watercolor), Osvaldo Orellana (wood sculptor), Dan and Dina Romero (metal sculpture), and Kazumi Svenson (glass beads).
\nThis year\u2019s MSCAF exhibit, From the Industrial Age to the Computer Age . . . Three Centuries of Artistic Innovation<\/em> shows how The Industrial Revolution changed not only how the world worked in agriculture, manufacturing and transport, but also affected everyday life and the arts. Find out more about the exhibit and MSCAF here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday, Sept. 5\u00a0will be the first day anyone can get copies of a new book, Exploring Forms by John Edward Svenson, an American Sculptor. The artist will sign copies between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Millard Sheets Center for the Arts. He\u2019ll sign copies when he demonstrates woodcarving during the Fair \u2013 Sundays,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funatthefair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}