I’m just back from a Artist-in-residency at Duke where I was creating a sculpture to commemorate the 2008 campaign.  I elected to do an Obama crashing through a barrier titling the piece “Race 2008″ .  The art is still “in-progress” and when finished will be ready for casting.  You can see some early renditions here.

I was stationed on campus at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. I was positioned in a public space where I enjoyed many conversations with students, faculty and administration while working on the sculpture.

The Duke Chronicle wrote an article about the project that you can read here

I was also visited by two local North Carolina cartoonists Dwane Powell and Cullum Rogers. I handed each a piece of clay to play with.  They responded to my generosity by creating mini caricatures of me.  You can see the fruits of their labors below.  Dwane’s bust is on the right.