Donald E. Boyd (1934-2015)

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Comment by Ruud Janssen on October 4, 2015 at 4:32pm

PHOTOS OF DONS SCULPTURES (SENT BY MISS NOMA)

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Boyd, a former member of the Ohio Designer Craftsmen and director of Fluxus West, began his education with a degree in graphic design and painting in 1956 from The Ohio State University. From there, he received a Master of Arts in teaching from Harvard University in 1961 and an MFA in sculpture from the University of Iowa in 1966. Boyd will continue teaching at open Fluxus Foundation in Fredericktown, Ohio. Boyd, who has worked as a sculptor since 1962, has maintained a private studio since 1987. He has been featured in "La Revue Modern," "Work Illustrated" and "The National Arts Guide. He has done work at and gained recognition through Tulsa University, Kenyon College, Muskingham College, the Wexner Center for the Arts, ArtReach Experimental Art Gallery, the South Dakota Arts Council, The Ohio State University, the Dayton Art Institute, and the Boston Arts Festival. He's been consecutively listed in Who's Who in the World since 2000, was named the director of Fluxus West in 1975 and has received four Ford Foundation grants. His personal theory of art involves chance operations, the use of sheep skiver to wrap found objects, intermedia, design principles from the Bauhaus and DeStihl, figurative and non-objective abstraction and numerous materials. Boyd continues to cast bronze. Boyd initiated the sculpture department at Kenyon College, as well as "Pam Am Clipper," a public relations magazine for 10,000 employees at Cape Canaveral in 1970. He has written several articles on art and two photo/history books about the area, "Mount Vernon" and "Knox County Bridges." Boyd is married to Karen, MVNU social work chair, and has four children and eight grandchildren. His teaching spans 50 years in education. Some of his former students have gone on to achieve national prominence.

Boyd has been an adjunct professor of art at MVNU since 1994. Prior to that, he established the sculpture program at Kenyon College from 1966-72. In 1973, he was named to Who's Who in American Art. He became a member of Fluxus, the first worldwide art movement, in 1973.

Don Boyd has maintained a private studio since 1987 and is currently the director of Fluxus West. His work incorporates found objects, often wood and metal.

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