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Bruce Adams, lecturer of fine arts, will present  “Fuel for the Restless Mind: Russia, China, Italy, Paris, and Mexico” on Thursday, October 6, at 12:15 p.m. in Upton Hall 230. This lecture, the first in this fall semester’s series “Artists on the Road: Travel As a Source of Inspiration,” is free and open to the public.

Mr. Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references historical painting styles. He says that “it's often the odd little experiences that have the greatest impact. Traveling enriches your understanding of the world in many tangible and intangible ways.” He will discuss how his travels have informed his art, and have led to a deeper appreciation of people throughout the world.

Mr. Adams was director and curator of Peopleart/bflo, a storefront gallery in Buffalo, and a longtime board member and board president of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. His experience includes his work as a painter, installation, and performance artist; public school art teacher; college lecturer; and more recently critical and creative writer. His art has been exhibited extensively and is included in numerous private and museum collections including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Castellani Art Museum, UB's Anderson Gallery, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. In 2007, Mr. Adams was given an extensive mid-career survey exhibition titled Bruce Adams, Half Life 1980–2006 at the Anderson Gallery.

The Artists on the Road series is co-sponsored by the Design Department and the International and Exchange Programs Office.

For more information on the series, contact Carol Townsend, 878-4986.