Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts will be showing an exhibition of works by Huntsville sculptor Everett Cox from January 13 through March 10, 2023.  The artist, best known for his figure sculptures cast in bronze, will be available for a “Meet and Greet” on Sunday, January 29th, from 2 p.m.-3 p.m.

By the age of 10, Cox was making his own toy soldiers with molten lead and aluminum molds.  Today, he creates sculpture in his studio and foundry at Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment where he sculpts figures in clay and casts them in bronze.  Casting a sculpture in bronze or other metals is a way to make a sculpture conceived in clay permanent.   

Everett Cox graduated from Auburn University with a BFA and received his MFA from the University of Georgia.  Figure sculpting and casting has continued to be a subject of interest in Cox’s work.  The two are conjoined to make a clay sculpture permanent in metal; it has been molded, reproduced in wax, invested, burned out, cast, cleaned, welded, chased and patinaed.  The dichotomy between the clay modeling and the soft forms of the figures and the heat of the melting bronze (the force needed to make metal conform to one’s wishes) is the yin and yang of cast sculpture. 

The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is free and open to the public Monday - Friday from 9-4 and on Sundays from 1-4. The art center is located at 217 E. Tuscaloosa St. Florence, AL and can be reached at 256-760-6379.