HIGH POINT, N.C., Sept. 4, 2014 – High Point University welcomes Mark E. Brown to the faculty as instructor of art.
An accomplished sculptor and artist, Brown’s work has been exhibited in more than 300 solo, invitational and group exhibitions in the United States at venues such as Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, the National Arts Club, Grounds for Sculpture and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. His works also have been exhibited in France, New Zealand, Australia, Hungary, Finland, Spain and most recently Japan.
Brown’s works are also in numerous private and public collections including Lynchburg College, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, the Coca Cola Company and the city of Kinston.
Brown, who will teach ceramics and other courses in the School of Art and Design, is a familiar face at HPU. He has served as an adjunct instructor for about two years and looks forward to working with students more through his new, increased role.
“I have always found the students at HPU to be engaging and motivated,” he says. “I hope to continue sharing my knowledge and passion for the arts with them.”
Brown holds a Bachelor of Science in art education and a Master of Fine Art in ceramics from East Carolina University. He also has postgraduate certificates in arts administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and non-profit administration from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Previously, Brown was executive director of the Theater Art Galleries in High Point, the Center for Visual Artists in Greensboro, and the Community Council for the Arts in Kinston. He is a board member and past president of the Tri State Sculptors Educational Association. He also has served on visual art and sculpture grant review panels for the North Carolina Arts Council and the Virginia Commission on the Arts, and he has worked as a volunteer with the International Sculpture Center (ISC), VSA Arts North Carolina, the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, Arts NC, and local and regional arts organizations all across the Southeast.