biography of Rodger Allen MACK (1938-2002)

Birth place: Barberton, OH

Addresses: Syracuse, NY

Profession: Sculptor, educator

Studied: Cleveland Inst. Art (B.F.A., 1961); Cranbrook Acad. Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (M.F.A., 1963); Acad. Belle Arti, Florence, Italy, 1963-64.

Exhibited: Gal. Arte, Florence, 1964 (solo); Nat. Coun. Award Winning Artists, Witte Mem. Mus., San Antonio, Tex., 1968; Cross Currents in American Art, Humboldt State Col., Arcada, Calif., 1969; Everson Region, Everson Mus. Art, Syracuse, NY, 1970-71; Krasner Gal., NYC, 1970-72 (solos) Awards: A. Kahn Assoc. Artists Award, Detroit Inst. Arts, Mich., 1963; Fulbright grant study in Italy, 1963-64; Nat. Endowment for the Arts Award, Nat. Coun. Arts, Wash., DC, 1967.

Work: Ark. Arts Ctr., Little Rock, Ark.; Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst., Utica, NY. Commissions: plaza sculpture, City of North Little Rock, Ark., Mkt. Plaza, 1968; Syra cast bronze, Syracuse Univ., Dellplain Hall, 1969.

Comments: Preferred media: cast metals, stone, wood, plastics. Teaching: instr. sculpture, Arks. Sch. Art/Drama, Little Rock, 1964-68; assoc. prof. sculpture, Syracuse Univ., 1968-.

Sources: WW73; John Canaday, rev., In: New York Times, Jan., 1970, Jan., 1971 & Jan., 1972.