BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:John R. G. Roth: Polymorphic Conveyances\nExhibition on View: January 16 &ndash\; February 16\, 2013\nFree to view exhibition.\nOpenin g Reception: Friday\, January 18\, 7 &ndash\; 9 p.m. (free)\nVisArts Gal lery Hours:\nWednesday: 12:00 &ndash\; 4:00 p.m.\; Thursday &\; Frida y: 12:00 &ndash\; 8:00 p.m.\; Saturday &\; Sunday: 12:00 &ndash\; 4:0 0 p.m.\nAppearance is never quite what it appears to be in John R. G. Ro th&rsquo\;s Polymorphic Conveyances at VisArts. It glints\, undulates\, shifts and rolls. Or\, suddenly it freezes in time like a specimen\, mem orial or repetitive dream. What remains constant is Roth&rsquo\;s vision . His exquisitely crafted\, polymorphic sculpture and furniture combine gravitas\, folly and humor. Forthright yet eccentric forms carry communi qué\;s linked to his thoughts about the relationship between resou rces\, commodities\, consumption\, politics\, world order and the natura l environment.\nAbout the Artist: John R. G. Roth\, raised in the Chicag o area\, has held positions as a maintenance mechanic in a chemical plan t\, foundry and a furniture factory. He worked as a construction worker\ , on dairy farms and as an art teacher in a four-room schoolhouse on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Roth was also employed nine years in a res earch lab fabricating models\, prototypes\, one of a kind machines as we ll as destructive testing. Currently\, he is an Associate Professor of S culpture at Old Dominion University in Norfolk\, VA and is \;represe nted by Mayer Fine Art Gallery of Norfolk\, VA. \;\nRoth has an acti ve exhibition record including shows in New York at Allan Stone Gallery\ , Veridian and Tria as well as prestigious venues in London\, Chicago\, and Philadelphia. He has won numerous awards\, grants and fellowships in cluding the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Old Dominion University Summer Research Grant. He received an MFA in Painting and Sculpture from the Un iversity of Wisconsin. URL:http://rockville.patch.com/events/john-r-g-roth-polymorphic-conveyanc es SUMMARY:John R. G. Roth: Polymorphic Conveyances LOCATION:VisArts: 155 Gibbs St\, Rockville\, MD END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR