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Brian Meunier

Brian Meunier
Professor of Art, Art Coordinator
bmeunie1@swarthmore.edu
610-328-8070
Beardsley 317
Website

Education

B.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.F.A., Tyler School of Art

Specialty

Sculpture

Courses

ARTT 001: Foundation Drawing
ARTT 001B: First Year Seminar: Drawing
ARTT 009: Sculpture II - Figure Modeling
ARTT 013: Sculpture II: Sculpting Everyday Things
ARTT 016: Sculpture I
ARTT 020: Advanced Studies 
ARTT 025:  Advanced Studies II
ARTT 030: Senior Workshop I
ARTT 040: Senior Workshop II

Biographical Statement

Professor Brian Meunier has been working in sculpture for over twenty-five years. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts in 1976, and a Master of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art in 1978. In 1979, he began his teaching career at Swarthmore College, where he is currently Full Professor of Studio Arts and Chair of the Art Department. He has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and grants, notably two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships in 1983 and 1989, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1984.

In addition to his work in sculpture, Professor Meunier is also a published children's fiction writer, in collaboration with his wife Perky Edgerton. The first book entitled Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs was published in the fall of 2004 by Dutton Publishing a division of Penguin/Puttnam Publishing. The second book, Bravo Tavo, will be publishd spring of 2007.

Brian Meunier: Serendip, Further Adventures Living in the Third Dimension

Brian Meunier

Professor of Studio Art Brian Meunier discusses his new ceramics series “Serendip,” inspired by his sabbatical in Sri Lanka. Read the transcript [rtf].

Audio: [1 hour 39 sec]

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