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Stone sculpts well-balanced outlook for ULV

New Associate Professor of Art George Stone advises Helen Masiel, one of his Art Experience students, on a pending project. Stone is an acclaimed sculptor whose work has been displayed around the world. / photo by Brian Murphy
New Associate Professor of Art George Stone advises Helen Masiel, one of his Art Experience students, on a pending project. Stone is an acclaimed sculptor whose work has been displayed around the world. / photo by Brian Murphy

by Oscar G. Borello
Staff Writer

This year the University of La Verne has increased its Art Department’s full-­time faculty 100 percent by hiring Associate Professor George Stone.

With a masters of fine arts and a ter­minal degree in art history, Stone brings a well-balanced outlook to the depart­ment. Stone, whose specialty is sculp­ture, has taught at a number of educa­tional institutions including the University of California at Los Angeles, Claremont Graduate School, the Art Institute of Southern California, and Ohio University. He has also lectured across the United States and is well respected within the art community.

Stone prefers a multi-media approach to sculpture and continues to be a work­ing artist while teaching. He has had exhibits of his work displayed around the U.S., Japan and throughout Europe. Also, he has been involved in this field for over 20 years and has taught for much of that time.

Stone would like to see the fine arts program at La Verne continue to devel­op as it has over the last few years. This means increased enrollment of the class­es, being a balance for Ruth Trotter (pro­fessor of fine art), continued administra­tive support to the growth of the school’s art program, and the possibility of expanding the work area.

“We are hoping to move to a larger building, so that we can be even more competitive and sustain a professional atmosphere in which we could con­tribute to students as much as other schools our size and larger, ” said Stone.

This he says is largely attributed to the diversity of the school and the sup­port and open-mindedness of the students. He said he also feels that the biggest part of being a successful artist is to always look at the world in a different way by keeping an open mind.

“Art is something that anyone can learn,” he said. “It is just like learning a new language, in which you cannot be afraid to sound strange.” He goes on to say that the world has been shaped so much by art that many people hardly stop to think about how almost every­thing in our lives have been influenced by an artist or designer.

Lance Boen, a University of La Verne alumnus who currently works for the school’s Fine Arts Department, said, “We are lucky to get such a great artist on our staff, we are all really happy and excited over him (Stone) choosing to come to La Verne.”

Stone believes in maintaining high standards and a professional level of quality work in his classes. This means that the work is to be taken seriously and respected in order to help the Art Department excel.

Of his latest large scale works, Stone has just completed the designing of one of the Metro stations for the Red Line in Los Angeles, done in conjunction with the contracting firm of Nail Verma and Associates. The station will be on the corner of Beverly and Vermont Boulevards, and it will be an integration of classic architecture and the earth’s natural strata.

Much of his work has been critically acclaimed in major contemporary art publications. Stone has also received individual artist grants and fellowships for his art. Some of the major contribut­ing organizations have been the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

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